Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1209 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1987

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

AT 1205 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS BETWEEN RICHLAND
TO NEAR CUTHBERT GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY AND HOT TEMPERATURES...THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS
WELL AS OTHERS THAT MAY DEVELOP TODAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
QUITE STRONG. THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

RESIDENTS IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD
ON THE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
345 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1987

COUNTY........ STEPHENS COUNTY GA

SOURCE........ CD DIRECTOR STEPHENS COUNTY

TIME.......... 905 PM EDT JUNE 25, 1987

LOCATION...... SOUTHEAST STEPHENS COUNTY ON LAKE HARTWELL(10ESE TOCCOA)

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE

DAMAGE........ LIGHTNING STRIKE...KNOCKED TREE DOWN...GUSTY WIND
ESTIMATED 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAIN.

WARNIN9G....... NONE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
350 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH GEORGIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA INCLUDING THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF CRAWFORD..PEACH..HOUSTON..TWIGGS..AND
WILKINSON AND COUNTIES SOUTH TO THE FLORIDA LINE.

AT 345 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
OVER ALL BUT EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA AND MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE STRONGEST WAS LOCATED IN WHEELER
COUNTY WITH OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF TURNER..
CRISP..AND DODGE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STREET FLOODING
AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS I:S ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
510 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1987

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 265 AND NUMBER 266 REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 9PM EDT...

AT 502 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ABOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREAS. VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY
...JUST SOUTH OF ELLAVILLE IN SCHLEY COUNTY...3 AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CUSSETA IN CHATTAHOCHEE AND MARION COUNTIES...AND 10 MILES WEST OF
LUMPKIN IN STEWART COUNTY WHICH WERE ALL IN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH
AT 10 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS HAVING AT LEAST 58 MPH
WINDS AND/OR HAIL OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER THIS CONDITION...TAKE PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY!
RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CIVIL DEFENSE
AGENCIES SO THEY CAN NOTIFY THE NEAREST WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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