Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 21, 1996, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Harris County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 212018 COR
SVRATL
GAC145-212100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...HARRIS COUNTY

AT 410 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE
GEORGIA-ALABAMA BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WEST POINT
GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS PATH WILL TAKE THE STORM OVER
WHITESVILLE BY 425 PM AND CALLAWAY GARDENS BY 435 PM.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

CORRECTED CITY NAME

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-212200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1122 AM EDT SAT SEP 21 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. THE AIRMASS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.

DH

GAZ008-009-014>016-022>025-027-034>039-045>051-054>062-067>076-078>
086-091>098-103>113-220400-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IS
ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ALREADY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY
AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS JUST MARGINAL BUT MOIST INFLOW INTO THE
BOUNDARY COULD SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMlS THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. ACTIVATION THIS
EVENING MAY BECOME NECESSARY.

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.