Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

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

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...FULTON...AND DEKALB.
THERE COULD BE ANOTHER THUNDERSHOWER IN THIS AREA THIS EVENING...BUT
THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED ON TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
ATLANTA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 625 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS SCATTERED
ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE FROM THE LAGRANGE AREA EAST
TO AUGUSTA.

PEOPLE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS
OF ALAB}AMA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.  THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL
COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF METRO ATLANTA INCLUDING COWETA...
FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...SPALDING...AND ROCKDALE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
702 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988

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

AT 659 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO TALBOTTAN GEORGIA.  ALSO NUMEROUS STORMS     .
WERE FROM NEWTON GEORGIA NORTHEAST...THROUGH THE ALBANY AREA...TO
WARWICK AND CORDELE.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU MAY EXPERIENCE HAIL...
INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

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

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

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES...TROUP...HEARD...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON
...AND ROCKDALE.  THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA WELL TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST OF ATLANTA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNERSTORM ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTA JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD BUTTS COUNTY AND THE JACKSON LAKE AREA.
THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PART OF GEORGIA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND AUGUSTA.

PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
THIS EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
742 PM EDT JUNE 9 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 211 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

AT 735 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG WERE
INDICATED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA EAST ACROSS THE AUGUSTA VICINITY
THEN NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TO NEAR THE
CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA VICINITY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA
AND AROUND THE LAURENS SOUTH CAROLINA AREA.