Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
Tuesday May 4th, 2021 :: 09:15 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:00PM Tuesday

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Meriwether County in west central Georgia... Marion County in west central Georgia... Southwestern Monroe County in central Georgia... Eastern Stewart County in west central Georgia... Upson County in west central Georgia... Sumter County in west central Georgia... Macon County in west central Georgia... Webster County in west central Georgia... Peach County in central Georgia... Crawford County in central Georgia... Schley County in west central Georgia... Talbot County in west central Georgia... Taylor County in west central Georgia... Southern Lamar County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 914 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Manchester to near Junction City to Buena Vista to near Lumpkin, moving east at 60 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.

* Locations impacted include... Americus, Fort Valley, Thomaston, Barnesville, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Buena Vista, Butler, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Roberta, Talbotton, Preston, Byron, Manchester, Montezuma, Richland, Marshallville, Reynolds and Plains.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CRAWFORD, GA ... LAMAR, GA ... MACON, GA ... MARION, GA ... MERIWETHER, GA ... MONROE, GA ... PEACH, GA ... SCHLEY, GA ... STEWART, GA ... SUMTER, GA ... TALBOT, GA ... TAYLOR, GA ... UPSON, GA ... WEBSTER, GA

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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
Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
17400 Roosevelt Highway
Greenville, GA 30222

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-672-4489

TEXT-A-TIP -  Text TIP MERIWETHER followed by your message, to 888777

Submit an anonymous web tip

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

Navigate & Discover