Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 7, 1996, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1996, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Sumter County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 072245
SVRATL
GAC261-072330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
642 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF
AMERICUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.