Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1210 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1988

...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX TO REACH 105 TO 110 TODAY AND SATURDAY...

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK OVER MOST
OF THE STATE SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. THIS COMBINED WITH
DEWPOINTS OF 70 OR ABOVE WILL DRIVE THE HEAT INDEX OR APPARENT
TEMPERATURE INTO THE VERY HOT...105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE...
THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTH 2/3 OF THE STATE.

THE WAY WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY AFFECTED DEPENDS UPON OUR AGE...PHYSICAL
CONDITION AND LENGTH OF EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT.

THE PRIMARY SAFTEY RULE IS TO USE COMMON SENSE.

SOME SUGGESTIONS TO KEEP IN MIND:

SLOW DOWN. DO MOST OF YOUR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES EARLY OR LATE IN THE DAY.

DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...BUT NOT ALOCHOLIC BEVERAGES.

SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED PLACES SUCH AS THE MALLS.

DO NOT GET TOO MUCH SUN.

CHECK ON THE INVALID...ELDERLY AND VERY YOUNG OFTEN AS THEY ARE MOST
SUBJECT TO BEING AFFECTED BY THE HEAT.

AGAIN...USE COMMON SENSE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
250 PM EDT FRI JUNE 24 1988

AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NEWTON..WALTON..AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  LOCAL
FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOW LITTLE MOVEMENT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1988

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 320 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO NEAR SAVANNAH. THE STRONGEST THUNDER-
STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY NORTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE.

IF THREATENING LOOKING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU ARE...REMAIN
ALERT AND GO INSIDE A SAFE BUILDING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
405 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1988

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT
ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT 4 PM THEY WERE OCCURRING IN RANDOM FASHION
DROPPING HEAVY RAIN IN ONLY A FEW AREAS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING QUITE STRONG. AS THE
AFTERNOON WEARS ON MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

AT 4 PM STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A CLUSTER SOUTHEAST
OF ATLANTA ACROSS HENRY COUNTY. THESE WERE DRIFTING ERRATICALLY...
GENERALLY SHOWING A DRIFT TOWARD THE WEST.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF ENCOUNTERING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE9
AFTERNOON. YOU ARE URGED TO OBSERVE LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES.