Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
530 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 530 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA...ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...INTO SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CONYERS AND NORTH OF
COVINGTON...IN GEORGIA. ALSO IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF PICKENS AND EAST OF THE CLARK
HILL RESEVOIR.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

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

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

AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
COVERING A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ATHENS AND MIDWAY BETWEEN
COLUMBUS AND MACON...NEAR BUTLER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.

THERE WERE STILL NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE IMMEDIATE CENTRAL GEORGIA
AREA.

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