Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1:10 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

AT 1:05 PM EDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ON THE
COUNTY LINE BETWEEN TURNER AND CRISP COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT NOT INDICATED YET BUT MOST LIKELY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF CORDELE
AND WILL PASS BETWEEN CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY AND ROCHELLE IN
WILCOX COUNTY IN HALF AN HOUR..ABOUT 1:40 PM.

THIS STORM DEVELOPED FROM NOTHING SO RAPIDLY IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
INTENSIFY EVEN FURTHER AND BEARS WATCHING. MACON RADAR WILL MONITOR
IT CLOSELY.

PERSONS IN THE PATH..BETWEEN CORDELE AND ROCHELLE..STAY ALERT TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO THE RADIO FOR PROGRESS OF THIS
STORM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
2:10 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

AT 2:05 PM EDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ON THE
COUNTY LINE BETWEEN TURNER AND CRISP COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT NOT INDICATED YET BUT MOST LIKELY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF CORDELE
AND WILL PASS BETWEEN CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY AND ROCHELLE IN
WILCOX COUNTY IN HALF AN HOUR..ABOUT 2:40 PM.

THIS STORM DEVELOPED FROM NOTHING SO RAPIDLY IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
INTENSIFY EVEN FURTHER AND BEARS WATCHING. MACON RADAR WILL MONITOR
IT CLOSELY.

PERSONS IN THE PATH..BETWEEN CORDELE AND ROCHELLE..STAY ALERT TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO THE RADIO FOR PROGRESS OF THIS
STORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
3.25 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

AT 3:10 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN DOOLY COUNTY JUST NORTH
OF VIENNA AND ALSO NEAR UNADILLA IN HOUSTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF GEORGIA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

TUNE IN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION OR COMMERICAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
JWB/1922Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
4:02 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

AT 3:50 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH DOOLY COUNTY NORTHEAST TO HOUSTON COUNTY. ALSO FROM
LAURENS COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH PULASKI COUNTY TO CRISP COUNTY.

MOST OF THE STORMS IN THIS BROAD AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WILL PASS
THROUGH WARNER ROBINS AND SOUTH AND EAST MACON IN ONE HALF HOUR.

PERSONS IN HOUSTON..PEACH..PULASKI..AND BIBB COUNTIES STAY ALERT TO
POSSIBLE VERY STORMY WEATHER IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR MORE INFORMATION.

NR/2002Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
445 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA...

AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED ISOLATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
EXTREME EAST ALABAMA.  THE MOST ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM AREAS AT THAT
TIME WERE IN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA AROUND SEALE AND HURTSBORO..
ALSO NEAR BUTLER GEORGIA AND JUST NORTH OF ALBANY.  THERE WERE ALSO
NUMEROUS SMALLER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERING A LARGE PART OF
WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA.  MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STORMY WEATHER FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS..AS SOME OF THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  "PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
500 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 1986

        ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GA...

AT 455 PM RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS LOCATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS CRAWFORD..PEACH..BIBB..HOUSTON..TWIGGS..BLECKLEY AND
WILKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GA.  THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND..VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS..LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY PASS LOCALLY.

HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE FORT VALLEY AREA OF PEACH COUNTY.

REMEMBER THAT ANY THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS
AND TAKE PER=SONAL ACTION TO PROTECT YOUSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY WHEN
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY.

BE SURE TO REPORT ANY STORM RELATED DAMMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES OR TO A NEARBY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.