Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 24, 1996, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 241834
SVRATL
GAC233-241915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
233 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CEDARTWON IN
POLK COUNTY. THE STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MILES. HAIL
WAS INDICATED BY RADAR.
 
REPORTS FROM POLK COUNTY 911 INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
CLOUDY TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM.
 
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>166-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
855 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996

...HEAT INDICES 105 TO 110 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S
ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT WILL CAUSE
HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREES RANGE.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THESE HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS...
WHERE AFTERNOON READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 90. AS A RESULT
... HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN BELOW 100 DEGREES.

THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW HOT IT FEELS WHEN THE EFFECTS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED WITH THE TEMPERATURE. A HEAT
INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED THE LEVEL AT WHICH THE BODY

BEGINS TO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. INDICES
OF 105 OR GREATER CAN LEAD TO HEAT CRAMPS...HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
POSSIBLY SUNSTROKE.

YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS
ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT. FRIENDS...
RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF
BEING AT RISK.l

EFFECTS CAN BE MINIMIZED BY REDUCING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...
DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...
WEARING LIGHT COLORED/LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING AND...IF POSSIBLE
...SPENDING MORE TIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED FACILITIES.

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.