Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1235 PM EST SAT NOV 5 1988

     .....THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA.....
A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY DEVELOPED
OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA JUST BEFORE NOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON RADAR
INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST STRADDLING THE ALABAMA BORDER
WITH CHATTOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

THE AREA WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST NEAR 30 MPH. SEVERAL SMALLER SHOWERS
WERE ALSO INDICATED ON RADAR SOUTH OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA AND MAY
PASS OVER HARALSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT OVER (THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS AS AN UPPER AIR FEATURE TRIGGERS SHOWERS IN MOIST POCKETS OF
WARMER AIR STILL LINGERING IN THE WAKE OF THE INTENSE FRONTAL SYSTEM
NOW NEARING THE GEORGIA COAST. THE RISK OF A STORM WILL BE DIMINISHED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
214 PM EST SAT NOV 5 1988

   .....SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RAKE ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA.....
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL.

WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED IN STORMS IN COBB
COUNTY NEAR THE MARIETTA AREA, NEAR WOODSTOCK IN SOUTH CHEROKEE COUNTY
AND IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA
SIZE HAIL AND GUSTING WINDS IN THESE LOCALITIES.

THE GENERAL AREA OF DEVELOPMENT HAS SPREAD STEADILY SOUTH OVER THE PAST
HOUR. RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS AS FAR SOUTH AS TROUP, MERIWETHER,
AND UPSON COUNTIES AT 205 PM. SMALL HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN A STORM IN
NORTH FAYETTE COUNTY.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
215 PM EST SAT NOV 5 1988

REF STORM ACTIVITY.....FRIDAY NOV 4 1988

COUNTY..... RUSSELL (ALABAMA)
SOURCE..... CO-OP OBSERVER AT HURTSBORO
TIME....... AROUND 7PM
LOCATION... HURTSBORO
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... DIME AND MARBLE SIZE
DAMAGE..... NO HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE REPORTED SO FAR WITH THIS STORM
INJURIES... NONE
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR RUSSELL COUNTY FROM
            6.49 PM EST UNTIL 7.45 PM EST.