Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1215 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1987

REF STORM ACTIVITY  JUNE 16 1987

COUNTY..............MACON
TIME................228PM EDT
LOCATION............MONTEZUMA
TYPE STORM..........THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE..............NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL REPORTED WIND DAMAGE
TO A METAL OIL STORAGE SHED BEHIND THE ARMORY BUILDING. SOME OF
THE METAL WAS BLOWN ONTO HOUSING PROJECT APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR.
ACCORDING 0TO GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE HOUSING PROJECT (A TAIL) WAS
SEEN DISAPPEARING INTO THE CLOUDS.
WARNINGS............NONE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
225 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1987

.....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
GEORGIA.....

AT 220 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER
STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF ROCHELLE IN
SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY SOUTH TO MOULTRIE IN COLQUITT COUNTY. SOME
MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED NEAR ASHBURN IN TURNER COUNTY BY A
COASTAL PLAINS SPOTTER.

ANOTHER GROUP OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SANDERSVILLE
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY. OTHER..
LESS INTENSE..THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL
HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
305 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1987

 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA...

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED NEAR ADEL IN SOUTHCENTRAL
GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS IN AN AREA OF RAIN THAT WAS OCCURRING FROM
MOULTRIE AND ADEL NORTH TO ROCHELLE AND RHINE. SEVERAL OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WEAR ALONG THIS LEADING EDGE OF RAIN SCATTERED FROM
10 MILES NORTH OF ALAPAHA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FITZGERALD.
THE MOVEMENT OF ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 12 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR ADEL AND NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
WHEN THIS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
600 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1987

    .....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.....

AT 555 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY
SCATTERED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST WAS 10 MILES EAST OF PERRY
IN HOUSTON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS GUSTING NEAR
45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BUTLER IN TAYLOR COUNTY...
MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY...AND 15 MILES WEST OF MACON. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BUT MOSTLY HEAVY RAIN WAS
EXPECTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WIT~H THESE THUNDERSTORMS.