Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 21, 1997, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)

Expired

Apr 21, 1997, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Upson County, GA

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.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 220153 RRA
SVRATL
GAC079-207-293-220230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
952 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES EAST OF THOMASTON TO 10 MILES NORTH
OF BUTLER.  THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 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
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.