Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
205 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1987

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 205 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES NORTH OF CORNELIA IN
HABERSHAM COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WILL
BE MOVING ACROSS THE CORNELIA AREA WITHIN THE HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AS NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
330 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1987

AT 320 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN
MONROE COUNTY JUST EAST OF FORSYTH GEORGIA AND IN BALDWIN COUNTY 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS STREETS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON RAIN SLICK HIGHW'AYS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1987

AT 355 PM EDT A BAMD OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...8 MILES WIDE
...HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM WINDER TO JUST
NORTH OF ATHENS TO ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN BARROW...JACKSON...CLARKE...MADISON...OCONEE...HART
...AND ELBERT COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BES ON THE
ALERT UNTIL 530 PM EDT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS,
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
408 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 1987

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN THE METRO ATLANTA
AREA.  AT 4 PM, THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM
GWINNETT AND ROCKDALE COUNTES EAST ACROSS THE CITY OF ATLANTA.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR CARROLLTON.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
OF ABOUT 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ASU THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTH
AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS
OF ATLANTA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
408 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1987

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN THE METRO ATLANTA
AREA.  AT 4 PM, THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM
GWINNETT AND ROCKDALE COUNTES EAST ACROSS THE CITY OF ATLANTA.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR CARROLLTON.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
OF ABOUT 35 MPHW CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTH
AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS
OF ATLANTA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
435 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1987

AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY WEST
AND SOUTHEAST OF ROBERTA GEORGIA. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
NORTH BIBB COUNTY AND EXTENDED TO NEAR GRAY GEORGIA IN JONES.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THESE STORMS HAVE HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS THE HEAVY RAINFALLo WILL
CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS STREETS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON RAIN SLICK HIGHWAYS.