Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1125 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988

...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX TO REACH 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE...

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE
COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY LEVEL WILL GIVE A HEAT INDEX OR APPARENT
TEMPERATURE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. EXPOSURE TO FULL SUNSHINE CAN
INCREASE THE HEAT INDEX BY 5 TO 15 DEGREES.

THE WAY WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY AFFECTED DEPENDS UPON OUR AGE...PHYSICAL
CONDITION AND LENGTH OF EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT. WITH THE HEAT INDEX LEVEL
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...SUNSTROKE, HEAT CRAMPS, HEAT EXHAUSTION...OR
HEAT STROKE ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

THOSE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THE HEAT ARE THE INVALID...ELDERLY...AND
VERY YOUNG. CHECK ON THEM OFTEN AND HELP THEM TO GET TO A COOL OR AIR
CONDITIONED PLACE.

...USE COMMON SENSE.....THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS CAN BE HELPFUL...

     ...SLOW DOWN AND COMPLETE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES EARLY WHEN COOLER.
     ...SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED PLACES.
     ...DO NOT GET TOO MUCH SUN.
     ...DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...AND AVOID ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE	S.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
0148 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL GEORGIA....

AT 140 MACON RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED
SOUTH OF MACON BETWEEN FORT VALLEY AND PERRY. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN
CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG GUST WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

IF THREATENING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA BE ALERT AND
MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE BUILDING. IF ANY DAMAGE OCCURS REPORT IT
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1988

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA...

AT 230 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING
AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BREMAN AND DALLAS
AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA JUST
ACROSS THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER.  THESE STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF TROUP
COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE ACROSS OTHER SECTIONS
OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE 100
DEGREE MARK IN MANY LOCATIONS.