Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:15PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 631 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRANTVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAGRANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...GREENVILLE...HOGANSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN... WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...LONE OAK...GAY...CORINTH...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...HARRIS CITY...ROCKY MOUNT...ABBOTTSFORD...STATE LINE PARK... CANNONVILLE...IMLAC...WOOSTER AND DURAND. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: COWETA ... MERIWETHER ... TROUP
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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