Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 145 PM EDT MON MAY 16, 1988

 THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED
SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS
AND HAIL OCCURENCES ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

PERSONS FROM COVINGTON TO MADISON TO ELBERTON AND NORTHWARD THROUGH
NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS HAVING TO DO
WITH THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO FORM.

THE LARGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS
WITH BRIEF DOWNPOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
155 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN
AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SOME INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORNELIA IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
HAD ALREADY PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AROUND 130 PM.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DARK
THREATENING CLOUDS APPROCHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS... THEREFORE PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE
INSIDE TO A SAFE AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
245 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

AT 240 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS BAND EXTENDED FROM
NEAR ACWORTH IN NORTHWEST COBB COUNTY TO DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY
TO NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DARK
THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS... THEREFORE PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE
INSIDE TO A SAFE AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
250 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

    A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUTLER IN AN
AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS OCCURRING FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO JUST NORTH OF BUTLER. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAKE GEORGE JUST 8 MILES SOUTH OF EUFAULA
ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

     THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATING HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ON RADAR. ALSO..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY
TO TAKE SHELTER. ALSO BE LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.