Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1048 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND
   SOUTH CENTRAL GA...

AT 1030 AM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS LOCATED SEVERAL VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH TURNER AND NORTHERN TIFT COUNTIES NEAR ASHBURN
AND TIFTON.  THUNDERSORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 1025 THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE NEAR INTERSTAT6E
75 AT ROAD MARKER 85 ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF WEATHER
CONDITONS NEARBY AND BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF BAD
WEATHER SEEMS LIKEY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1107 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

AT 11 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRIDGEBORO...SYLVESTER AND ROCHELLE EXTENDING
EAST TO OCILLA...MCRAE AND LUMBER CITY GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF TIFTON IN TIFT
COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN TIFT
COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1125 AM EDT MON APR 25 1988

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA MAINLY SOUTH OF A PERRY TO:
SWAINSBORO LINE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
248 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA ALSO
INCLUDES PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM...

AT 240 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
FROM THOMASTON TO NORTH OF ATLANTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY
RAPIDLY EAST NEAR 55 MILES AN HOUR.

THESES THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MONROE COUNTY NEAR FORSYTH
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADAR OR OTHER BROADCASTS FOR UPDATES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84
IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH...

OTHER STORMS FORMING RAPIDLY OVER CENTERAL AND NORTH GEORGIA..
ALL PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT FOR WARNINGS DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PU>T OUT IN
AREAS OF NORTH AND CENTERAL GEORGIA..

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
355 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...TORNADO WATCH 84 AND 85 COVERS MUCH OF GEORGIA INCLUDING ALL OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM.

AT 355 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE AND BIBB WAS
CANCELLED.

RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST OF
MACON FROM EAST OF TALBOTTON TO ROBERTA. EAST OF MACON NEAR GORDON
WERE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT WAS EAOST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFE SHELTER WHILE THE TORNADO REMAINS IN EFFECT.