Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
454 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

AT 450 PM EDT MACON RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A
NARROW BAND FROM SOUTH OF ATLANTA TO JUST NORTH OF MONTICELLO IN
JASPER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WAS JUST NORTH OF MONTICELLO AND WAS
MOVING EAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS COULD GROW RAPIDLY AND WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND WIND GUST TO NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH HAIL. BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAIN COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS OF URBAN STREETS.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AMD RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
455 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR SOCIAL CIRCLE IN EXTREME
SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WALTON
COUNTY AND MORGAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG WERE INDICATED OVER NORTH
GEORGIA EXTENDING INTO ADJACENT AREAS OF EAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST SOUTH
CAROLINA. AND NORTH TO NEAR SHELBY A	ND CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
500 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM...

IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...THE WATCH INCLUDES
THE COUNTIES OF FULTON...CLAYTON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...
COWETA...CARROLL...ROCKDALE...AND HENRY COUNTIES.

AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF ATLANTA NEAR JONESBORO EAST ACROSS
HENRY COUNTY TO NEAR COVINGTON AND LAKE JACKSON.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH.  DANGEROU
S LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR.

PEOPLE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE METRO ATLANTA AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ON TO THE EAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
500 PM EDT JUNE 9 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 450 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA JUST EAST OF SOCIAL CIRCLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR
35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WALTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THIS STROM MOVE THROUGH.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
502 PM EDT THU JUNE 9 1988

...THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 211 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM...

WEATHER RADAR LOCATED IN COLUMBUS GA WAS TRACKING A FEW VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND LANETT AL. TO NEAR HURTSBORO AL. ALSO THERE
WAS THUNDERSTOM ACTIVITY LOCATED FROM THOMASTON GA. TO BUENA VISTA GA.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN THE GEORGETOWN TO CUTHBERT GA. AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.  IF YOU ARE
IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU MAY EXPERIENCE...HAIL...LIGHTNING
GUSTY WINDS AND TOAD STRANGLING RAINS.

PLEASE REMAIN ALERT DURNING THE FEW HOURS FOR FAST CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST IN STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
545 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

AT 540 PM EDT MACON RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH JASPER..PUTNAM..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES JUST EAST
OF THE TOWN OF MONTICELLO AND ANOTHER JUST WEST OF EATONTON AND NORTH
AND WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSGTY WIND AND HAIL.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS OF URBAN STREETS.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR RAPID
CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND GET READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE PLACE.