Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
325 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   UNTIL 9 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST
GEORGIA.  AT 320 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THE
STRONGEST STORMS NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA IN THE AREA BETWEEN CEDARTOWN
AND CARTERSVILLE.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF
CARROLLTON NEAR THE ALABAMA LINE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALL
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAIL
ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DEVELOP IN A FEW LOCALITIES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICiE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE WARNINGS FOR SOME
COUNTIES.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE ON
LOOKOUT FOR DARK THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EXCEPT FOR UNION, TOWNS AND RABURN
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHERN
GEORGIA, EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS AREA
EXTENDS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS oTO ATHENS
GEORGIA AND TO COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND OVER WESTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 15 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
405 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR MOST
OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

AT 4PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED
OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 10 MPH.  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
STATE WERE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR REYNOLDS AND BUTLER.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST WATCH INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
410 PM EDT MON MAY 04 1987

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9PM EDT.

AT 4 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN NORTHEAST LEE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. SEVERAL VERY STRONG STORMS
WERE SCATTERED FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF OPELIKA EAST TO NEAR THE
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ACROSS NORTHERN LEE COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY
GEORGIA. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF DUE EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. UNPLUG TELEVISIONS
AND STAY OFF TELEPHONES AND AWAY FROM FENCES OR OPEN SPACES OUTSIDE
DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS
MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
428 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   UNTIL 9 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.  AT 425 PM, WEATHER RADAR
IN ATLANTA INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST
OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTROMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF AUSTELL AND WILL
BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ATLANTA BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR...RADAR
INDICATES THAT SEVERAL OF THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
430 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EXCEPT FOR UNION, TOWNS AND RABURN
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.

AT 430 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTH GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ATHENS AND
SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA...IN GEORGIA. ALSO IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF PICKENS...OVER
ABBEVILLE AND JUST EAST OF LAKE GREENWOOD.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.