Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1130 AM EST WED MAR 19 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF GREENE AND TALIAFERRO UNTIL 200 PM EST.

AT 1130 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST TO SANDERSVILLE
TO NEAR MACON IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALSO A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN TALIAFERRO COUNTY. LINE MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN VICINITY OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 1145 AM EST WED MAR 19 1985

STORM REPORTS OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THE MORNING OF 3/19/86

7.30 AM EST...HALL COUNTY C.D. REPORTS BIG TALL SIGNS BENT OVER IN
GAINSVILLE GEORGIA DUE TO STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

8.05 AM EST...COMMERCE GEORGIA P.D REPORTS TREES BLOWN OVER ON POWER
LINES BY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS ON WATER WORKS ROAD NEAR COMMERCE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1235 PM EST WED MAR 19 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH OF..
AND INCLUDING..PEACH..HOUSTON..TWIGGS..AND WILKINSON COUNTIES.

AT 1225 PM EST THE MACON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN..WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS..COVERING
A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA MOSTLY NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO DUBLIN AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR AMERICUS.

CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN MANY AREAS CAUSING SOME
STREET FLOODING. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

RAIN AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
MOTORIST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STREET
FLOODING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1235 PM EST WED MAR 19 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 49 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR
THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF GREENE AND
TALIAFERRO. VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF ALL COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 1230 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AROUND AUGUSTA GEORGIA AND AIKEN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND JUST NORTHEAST OF HAWKENSVILLE AND AROUND SANDERSVILLE
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.

MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1240 PM EST WED MARCH 19 1986

TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 6:37 AM EST IN COBB COUNTY NEAR INTERSECTION
OF I-75 AND HIGHWAY 5. AT LEAST 4 PERSONS INJURED IN CARS. 10 TO 20
LARGE BUSSINESS IN MANUFACTURING PARK HEAVILY DAMAGED/DESTROYED.
ONE CAR FLIPPED BY WINDS ON I-75 AND ADDITIONAL 5 OR 6 DAMAGED BY
WIND/DEBRIS.

ESTIMATE 40 HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE DAMAGE WITH PARTIAL ROOF LOSS
ON SEVERAL. 100 HOMES WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE. NO KNOW INJURIES IN HOMES.

ESTIMATED WINDS 140-160 MPH CATAGORY F2. DAMAGE PATH SHOWS POSITIVE
SIGNS OF CYCLONIC CIRCULATION. WITNESS VIEWED TORNADO AS DARK BROWN
WITH EXTENSIVE DEBRIS IN AIR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
1255 PM EST WED MAR 19 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 49 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS UNTIL 2 PM EST.

AT 1245PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
STRONG THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF ALL THIS RAIN
SCATTERED FROM SOUTHWEST OF MACON AND NEAR ROBERTA TO NEAR LUMPKIN
GEORGIA. ALSO ANOTHER SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN ADVANCE OF
THE LARGE RAIN AREA OCCURRING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS TO
JUST NORTH OF COLEMAN GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. CONTINUE
TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER

STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.