Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL AND
A PORTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING..

NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTROMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LINES FROM CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA TO
CRAWFORDVILLE GEORGIA AND FROM NEAR WATKINSVILLE GEORGIA TO
THOMASTON GEORGIA.

OTHERWISE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.

LINE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE CELLS
MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
330 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EAST
   CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 325 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST
OF HURTSBORO ALABAMA... AND IN SOUTHWEST STEWART COUNTY IN GEORGIA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NEED TO
BE ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO HAZARDOUS WEATHER. MANY REPORTS
OF SMALL HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AS WELL AS VERY GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS SHOULD MOVE OFF LAKES TO
NEARBY SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EAST
   CENTRAL ALABAMA AND A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 425 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTH AN EAST ALABAMA AND IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR EUFAULA ALABAMA
AND IN STEWART COUNTY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION PASSES.
ANY THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE AT LEAST SMALL HAIL...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF
LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH A TALL
ISOLATED TREE OR TELEPHONE POLE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
428 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EAST
   CENTRAL ALABAMA AND A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 425 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTH AND EAST ALABAMA AND IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR EUFAULA ALABAMA
AND IN STEWART COUNTY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION PASSES.
ANY THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE AT LEAST SMALL HAIL...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF
LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH A TALL
ISOLATED TREE OR TELEPHONE POLE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
436 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA...CLAYTON...HENRY...ROCKDALE...
FAYETTE...COWETA...TROUP...MERIWETHER...SPAULDING...BUTTS...
PINE...LAMAR AND UPSON...

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF
GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.  PARTS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 420 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR WASHINGTON TO MACON TO 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM
PENNIES TO GOLFBALLS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBLITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS THEY BECOME NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
440 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
GEORGIA..

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA..BUT
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA
UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

AT 435 PM EDT A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
CLARK HILL RESERVOIR TO NEAR MACON..AND SOUTH'WEST TO NEAR DOTHAN
ALABAMA.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.

LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTH GEORGIA MOSTLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO TOCCOA.