Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
835 PM EDT MON MAY 26 1986

ONCE AGAIN RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ELBERT COUNTY
JUST SOUTH OF ELBERTON GEORGIA. MOVEMENT EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN AND AROUND THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN..AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL
FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH ELBERT COUNTY.

OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MA+Y DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1134 PM EDT MON MAY 26 1986

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTH GEORGIA.  THIS
LINE EXTENDED FROM COBB COUNTY AND THE MARIETTA AREA NORTH
ACROSS LAKE ALATOONA INTO EASTERN GORDON COUNTY AT 1130 PM.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH, AND WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE METRO ATLANTA AREA AND ALSO
INTO CHEROKEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES BEFORE 1230 AM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS
THEY MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
100 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER ATLANTA AND NORTH GEORGIA BEFORE
MINDNIGHT WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT 1255 AM.

DOBBINS AIR FORECE BASE REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 39 MILES AN HOUR AND
WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AT THE WEATHER
CHANNEL IN NORTHEST ATLANTA ABOUT 1230 AM.

PUBLIC REPORTED MINOR WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA OF
U.S. 41  ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 285.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RADAR ALSO INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MACON AND
LIGHTER RAINSHOWERS OVER ALABAMA THAT MAY REACH NORTH GEORGIA
DURING THE REMAINING HOURS OF THE NIGHT.