Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1130 PM EST TUE JAN 19 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 1116 PM THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY ISSUED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8 FOR PARTS OF GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 400 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

MIDDLE GEORGIA COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...BIBB...BALDWIN...
JONES...MONROE...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...PUTNAM...AND JASPER.

AT 1125 PM EST MACON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTHWEST OF ATHENS TO NEAR ATLANTA TO NEAR LAGRANGE. THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW STORMS IN THE LINE WERE
MOVING NODRTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR MORE INFORMATION
AS THE STORMS BEGIN TO ENTER OUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1145 PM EST TUE JAN 19 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES
ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 1130 PM EST A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTH GEORGIA FROM JUST WEST OF DAHLONEGA SOUTHWEST TO NEWNAN.
LINE MOVEMENT SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ESPECIALLY IN DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES
CAN EXPECT WITHIN THE HOUR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...I
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THROUGHTOUT THE REMAINDER
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1210 AM EST WED JAN 20 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES
ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 1205 AM EST A SHORT LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA SOUTH
TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA. LINE MOVEMENT
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOVING INTO HALL...BARROW...JACKSON...BANKS...WHITE...AND HABERSHAM
COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALeL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THROUGHTOUT THE
REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
108 AM EST WED JAN 20 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES
ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 105 AM EST A SHORT LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTH GEORGIA FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE SOUTHWEST
THROUGH JONESBORO TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN. LINE MOVEMENT
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOVING INTO HALL...BARROW...JACKSON...AND WALTON COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN ATLANTA WITH THIS LINE. THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
130 AM EST WED JAN 20 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL
GEORGIA ARE FROM MACON NORTHWARD.

AT 115 AM EST MACON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM WEST OF ATHENS TO ATLANTA TO NEAR COLUMBUS. THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD START MOVING INTO
MONROE...JASPER...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADVERSE WEATHER
CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR MORE INFORMATION AS THE STORMS MOVE CLOSER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
137 AM EST WED JAN 20 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 08 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH
 AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST...

AT 135 AM EST COLUMBUS RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM NEAR TROY ALABAMA TO SEALE ALABAMA TO COLUMBUS
GEORGIA TO HAMILTON GEORGIA TO MANCHESTER GEORGIA AND UP TO NEAR ATLANTA
GEORGIA.  THE STORNGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON GEORGIA AND
MANCHESTER GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS TO NORTH NORTH EAST AT
45 MPH.

PEOPLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THESE THUNERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE.  AS THIS ACTIVITY PASSES THROUGH YOUR AREA BE
PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.  IN ADDITION THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.  BE WISE AND REMAIN
CALM...STAY INFORMED AND ACT QUICKLY IF NECESSARY.