Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 7, 1996, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

000 
TTAA00 KATL 072207
SVRATL
GAC077-199-072245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...COWETA COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY
 
AT 6 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY NEAR LUTHERSVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG, DAMAGING WIND IS INDICATED
WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH MORELAND
...SHARPSBURG AND THOMAS CROSSROADS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

In the hours before

GAZ001>038-041>050-052>060-066>072-078>082-091-094-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996

...UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY...

A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING GEORGIA FROM THE
NORTHWEST ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL COLLIDE WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE STATE THIS WEEKEND. NORTHWEST GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM BUENA VISTA TO ATHENS...WILL SEE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL
BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD PLAN OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
MIND...NEVER STAY OUTDOORS IN A THUNDERSTORM. EVERYONE ACROSS NORTHWEST
GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IF DANGEROUS WEATHER THREATENS.

KEEP LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MSS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.