Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 14, 1996, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1996, 7:45 PM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Baldwin County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KATL 142309
SVRATL
GAC009-142345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
709 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 707 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE
SINCLAIR NORTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE DRIFTING SOUTH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST.
 
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

GAZ031-032-043-141825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 1996

     ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
        CONTINUE OVER THE WEST SIDE OF ATLANTA...

DURING THE PAST HOUR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS REMAINED LOCKED OVER
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. DOUGLASVILLE 911 HAS REPORTED
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES SINCE 1245 PM.

A WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER AT DOUGLASVILLE HAS REPORTED 3/4 INCHES
OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. WEATHER RADAR HAS SHOWN A RAINFALL
RATE OF ABOUT 1 INCH AN HOUR. FLOODING IS LIKELY BUT HAS NOT BEEN
REPORTED.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR COUNTY
AREA THAT INCLUDES ATLANTA DURING THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOUR OUTSIDE
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE NOT UNDER A TREE.

BECAUSE THE STORMS0 WILL MOVE SLOWLY...VERY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE STORMS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS...AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO
BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  DO NOT TRY TO FORGE HIGH WATER
IN THESE LOCATIONS.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.