Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1150 AM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
TODAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA.

AT 1140 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND A
SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN EXTREME EAST ALABAMA MOVING
INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE SCATTERED LINE OF
THUNDERSHOWERS WAS OCCURRING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO 5 MILES
EAST OF HURTSBORO  TO 5 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA TO NEAR ABBEVILLE AND
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN INTO FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS ALREADY
REPORTED AT 1145 AM EDT 15 MILES EAST OF TUSKEGEE IN WESTERN RUSSELL
COUNTY ALABAMA FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THEIR PRESENCE. ,STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1255 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
    TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
    NORTHERN FLORIDA...

AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTROMS WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR DOUGLASVILLE TO JUST EAST
OF NEWNAN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GEORGIA/
ALABAMA STATE LINE WEST OF LA GRANGE...AND NEAR BOWDEN...TALLAPOOSA...
AND BARNESVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF ONE FOURTH TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE
HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTROMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTIfNUE TO DEVELOP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES EVERYONE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR ISSUING OFFICE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1255 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
    TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
    NORTHERN FLORIDA...

AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTROMS WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR DOUGLASVILLE TO JUST EAST
OF NEWNAN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GEORGIA/
ALABAMA STATE LINE WEST OF LA GRANGE...AND NEAR BOWDEN...TALLAPOOSA...
AND BARNESVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF ONE FOURTH TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE
HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTROMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS AjCROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES EVERYONE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
105 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
TODAY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA.

AT 100 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA 35 MILES WIDE FROM ASHLAND
ALABAMA TO SEALE ALABAMA AND JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA ON SOUTHEAST
ACROSS GEORGIA TO COLEMAN AND LEESBURG TO NEAR BAINBRIDGE. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN THIS RAIN NEAR HAMILTON..NEAR
TALBOTTON.. AND CLUSTERED AROUND SHELLMAN..PARROT AND BENEVOLENCE.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THEIR AREA. MARBLE SIZE
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIpGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
120 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
   FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH GA...

AT 110 PM RADAR LOCATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST AND
SOUTHWEST GA MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.

SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL.  THE WEATHER OFFICE
AT COLUMBUS REPORTED SMALL HAIL AS DID THE BARNESVILLE SHERRIFFS OFFICE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PERSONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITION|S
BY MONITORING RADIO...TELEVISION..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS AND
OUTSIDE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
146 PM EDT MON APR 11 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT
    TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
    NORTHERN FLORIDA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH FULTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM FULTON COUNTY AND THE STORM
HAS WEAKENED.  HOWEVER, GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FAYETTE
COUNTY AS THIS STORM MOVED ACROSS PEACHTREE CITY ABOUT 105 PM.

AT 145 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ATLANTA BETWEEN JACKSON LAKE AND BARNESVILLE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
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THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES EVERYONE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN.