Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 13, 1997, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1997, 12:30 AM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Walker County, GA, Whitfield 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.

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TTAA00 KATL 140343 RRA
SVRATL
GAC295-313-140430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1142 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WALKER COUNTY...WHITFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 1140 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA FAYETTE AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM TO NEAR DALTON
BY 1215 AM.
 
DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 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.
 
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.
 
 
 
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In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

810 PM     PERRY                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/13/97    HOUSTON                        TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF
                                          HWY 247 AND ARENA RD. TREES
                                          BLOCKING ROAD AND DOWNING
                                          POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY HOUSTON 911.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

810 PM     PERRY                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
6/13/97    HOUSTON                        TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF
                                          HWY 247 AND ARENA RD. TREES
                                          BLOCKING ROA@D AND DOWNING
                                          POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY HOUSTON 911.

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.