Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 2004, 3:30 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 161856
TORATL
GAC171-231-255-161930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
256 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TOWALAGA...PIEDMONT...GRIFFIN AND EXPERIMENT.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3300 8427 3302 8412 3334 8419 3333 8441

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.