Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
840 AM EST THU NOV 20 1986

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA
THIS MORNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROME
TO CARROLONTON AND LAGRANGE AT 835 AM.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BREMEN IN HARALSON COUNTY REPORTED STRONG
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH AS THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH
AT 8 30 AM.

THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD
APPROACH THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA BETWEEN 9 AND 9 30 AM.

PEROPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO
50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE WEST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1008 AM EST THU NOV 20 1986

AT 10 AM A NARROW BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM NEAR COVINGTON TO GRIFFIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND WILL BE MOVING TO
NEAR MONTICELLO AND THE REST OF NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY WITHIN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MqOVE EAST NEAR 50 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
1040 AM EST THU NOV 20 1986

A SCATTERED AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WAS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE
STORMS WERE THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND WERE
SCATTERED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA ACROSS OPELIKA
TO NEAR LANETT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SOME QUICK FLOODING OF STREETS
AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE COLUMBUS AREA WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE AS
THESE STORMS AND THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH. LISTEN TO
NOAA RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL THE THREAT OF THESE STORMS MOVES ON EAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1105 AM EST THU NOV 20 1986

AT 1100 AM A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN LINE FROM NEAR
EATONTON WEST TO NEAR FORSYTH AND CONTINUED TO NEAR LAGRANGE.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...HOWEVER
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINS.

BECAUSE OF PRIOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR TWO INCHS...LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST.

UPDATES CAN BE HEARD ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THIS
AFTERNOON.