Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:30PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EST
* AT 202 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ABBOTTSFORD TO NEAR LONG CANE TO NEAR WEST POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAGRANGE...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...BIG SPRINGS...HILLCREST...MOUNTVILLE...ABBOTTSFORD... WARES CROSSROADS...LOUISE...PIEDMONT HEIGHTS...CANNONVILLE...SMITHS CROSSROAD AND LONG CANE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: TROUP
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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
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