Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 24, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Carroll County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 242100
SVRATL
GAC045-242130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
 
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
OXF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.