Severe Thunderstorm Warning 506, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Oct 26, 1997, 8:21 AM EST (13:21 UTC)

Expired

Oct 26, 1997, 9:00 AM EST

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Meriwether County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 261324 RRA
SVRATL
GAC199-261400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 AM EST SUN OCT 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY
 
AT 820 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN FAR NORTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GREENVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
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 EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVIClE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.
 
WRS

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.