Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
530 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 455 CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM
EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA...

AT 525 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS WERE INDICATING WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA..MAINLY FROM DOTHAN..BLAKELY AND ALBANY SOUTH TO THE
FLORIDA BORDER.  NUMEROUS OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
635 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 455 CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM
EDT FOR LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA...

AT 630 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS WERE INDICATING SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLAKELY AND NEWTON GEORGIA SOUTHEAST TO CAIRO
AND THOMASVILLE.  THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
AROUND MEIGS AND PELHAM.  OTHER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
735 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 455 CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM
EDT FOR LARGE PARTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHERN
FLORIDA...

AT 730 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS
OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA..MAINLY NEAR THE GEORGIA/FLORIDA BORDER
FROM LAKE SEMINOLE AND BAINBRIDGE TO QUITMAN..ALSO IN WORTH AND
MITCHELL COUNTIES NEAR CAMILLA AND BRIDGEBORO.  MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR
FU"RTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.