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LaGrange Police Department
Thursday June 16th, 2016 :: 07:15 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAGRANGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 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 HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...MANCHESTER...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...WAVERLY HALL...WARM SPRINGS...WOODLAND...JUNCTION CITY...GENEVA...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...JONES CROSSROADS...PLEASANT HILL...HARRIS CITY...MOUNTAIN HILL...BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...FORTSON...JUNIPER...LAKE HARDING AND BAUGHVILLE. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: HARRIS ... MERIWETHER ... TALBOT ... 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 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
LaGrange Police Department
100 West Haralson Street
LaGrange, GA 30240

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-883-2603

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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

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