Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
430 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

COUNTY........ NEWTON

SOURCE........ CD

TIME.......... 425 PM EDT

LOCATION...... COVINGTON

TYPE STORM.... SVR TST"M

HAIL.......... ONE INCH

DAMAGE........ NONE

INJURIES...... NONE

WARNING....... SVR TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
430 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

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

AT 430 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN MACON PRODUCING
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE MACON AIRPORT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH AND EAST OF MACON NEAR
GRAY AND SOUTH OF GORDON.  IN JASPER COUNTY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
10 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AND HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING
OF SOME CITY STREETS. MOTORIST SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH STANDING
WATER.  GUSTY WINDS AND SMAL(L HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 PM EDT MON APR 25 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 83 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84
IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT...TORNADO WATCH 85 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT.
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
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NEWTON .. MORGAN..
AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STORMS HAVE WEAKEN AT
THIS TIME HOWEVER WATCHS FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAIN IN EFFECT..

NEWTON COUNTY HAD 1 INCH HAIL DU4RING THE PAST HOUR...

LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER WARNINGS..