Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
525 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BAND EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF
DAHLONEGA AND CORNELIA TO GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. SEVERAL
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 25 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
540 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR MUCH
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..

AT 535 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN SEVERAL LARGE AREAS OF RAIN FROM EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED
FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION SPRINGS ALABAMA TO JUST EAST OF
GEORGETOWN GEORGIA...ALSO JUST EAST OF EDISON GEORGIA. A VERY STRONG
STORM WAS ALSO IN MITCHELL COUNTY GEORGIA HALFWAY BETWEEN PELHAM AND
DOERUN. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL OVER GEORGETOWN GEORGIA IN
ONE OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS CAN ALSO EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. YOU SHOULD ALSO
BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION WHEN THESE STORMS APPROCH AND
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
625 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS NEAR
MONROE..NEAR HARTWELL GEORGIA ANDH EAST OF ANDERSON SOUTH
CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 30 MPH
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA.

AT 810 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN FROM SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH OF MCRAE INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF CAIRO AND BETWEEN THOMASVILLE
AND HAHIRA GEORGIA. ALSO NEAR BROXTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOULTRIE
NEAR FUNSTON FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS. THE ACTIVITY WAS NOW DECREASING
IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE BUT PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION WHEN ONE
OF THESE STORMS APPROACHES.  ALSO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
820 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

COUNTY..... IRWIN
SOURCE..... SHERIFF
TIME......  730 PM EDT 5/10/88
LOCATION... HIGHWAYS 90 AND 32 NEAR OCILLA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE..... LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS BOTH HIGHWAYS.
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 651PM TO 800PM EDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1010 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
EXTREME SOUTH GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA...

AT 1005 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM NEAR CLAYTON IN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN AND JUST 10 MILES
WEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST
OF SHELLMAN. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE ACTIVITY NOW IS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE BUT
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE PREPARED&
TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION WHEN ONE OF THESE STORMS APPROACHES. ALSO
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.