Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
400 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

AT 355 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
FROM JUST NORTH OF MONTICELLO GEORGIA IN JASPER COUNTY AND EXTENDED
WEST IN A LINE TO LAGRANGE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOPE AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL..
DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND HAIL.

PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND* BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ATLANTA GA
415 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

AT 410 PM EDT... QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR GRIFFIN...SPALDING
                 COUNTY.
AT 340 PM EDT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EAST GRIFFIN...SPALDING
                 COUNTY.
AT 402 PM EDT... MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN JACKSON...BUTTS COUNTY.

AT 200 PM EDT...APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER CONTRUCTION IN DEKALB COUNTY.
                HILLANDAL:E AND PANOLA ROAD. PART OF BUILDING OR A WALL
                COLLAPSED DURING GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.  ONE PERSON
                KILLED.  DELAYED REPORT FROM DEKALB COUNTY C.D.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
440 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

AT 435 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
FROM EASTONTON GEORGIA IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND EXTENDED WEST TO WOODBURY
IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM
PERRY GEORGIA AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI
COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING HAVE
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH JASPER
AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

PERSONS NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMXS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ATLANTA GA
520 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

AT 425 PM EDT... GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON STATE ROAD 109 WEST
                 OF ZEBULON IN PIKE COUNTY BY SHERIFF DEPUTY.
AT 452 PM EDT... MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BARNESVILLE...ALONG WITH
                 TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG WINDS...LAMAR COUNTY.
AT 450 PM EDT... NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN...FLOODING OF
                 ROADS...IN MEANSVILLE...PIKE COUNTY.

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

..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE..SOUTHERN OGLETHORPE..
AND TALIFERRO COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA EXPIRED AT 5 PM EDT..

..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA..

AT 520 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA AND WERE MOVING EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP SEVERE WEATHER RAPIDLY.
PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
530 PM EDT MON MAY 16 1988

..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
1100 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING..

AT 525 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NEAR LAKE SINCLAIR IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF
MILLEDGEVILLE IN BALDWIN COUNTY. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED FROM HAKWINSVILLE GEORGIA TO JUST NORTH OF EASTMAN IN
DODGE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONG
THUNDERTORMS IN PULASKI COUNTY. THE CIVIL DENFENSE AGENCY IN
HAKWINSVILLE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN THE
CITY. STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.

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