Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 4, 1999, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1999, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

17 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Chattooga County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 041744
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GAC055-041800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 142 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
  RADAR  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLAND... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL REMAIN MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS.

TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES...UNLESS
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU SEE DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL...CALL THE
NATI$ONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 770-486-1133 AT EXTENSION 2 0 4.

In the hours before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-041715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1999

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

THE AREA HAVING THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
ELBERTON TO MONROE TO AMERICUS...BUT SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT
ANYWHERE IN THE STATE TODAY.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S AND A SLOW
MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL COMBINE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ABOVE
50 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON IN CASE ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.