Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:30PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 546 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRALHATCHEE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAGRANGE...FRANKLIN...EPHESUS...CENTRALHATCHEE...CORINTH... HARRISONVILLE...FROLONA...PLANT WANSLEY...TEXAS...ROOSTERVILLE... HILLCREST...WARES CROSSROADS...GLENN...WARESVILLE AND PARAN. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: HEARD ... TROUP
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE`S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
Address/Location
Hogansville Police Department
117 Lincoln St
Hogansville, GA 30230
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-637-6648
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning