Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Oct 26, 1997, 12:09 PM EST (17:09 UTC)

Expired

Oct 26, 1997, 12:45 PM EST

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dooly County, GA, Sumter 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 261709 RRA
TORATL
GAC093-261-261745-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1209 PM EST SUN OCT 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN DOOLY COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 1207 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. USE
BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR TREES...OR HAIL THE
SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEPASE REPORT IT BY CALLING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-8535.
 
WRS

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes 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.