Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
520 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN GEORGIA AND MUCH
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA UNTIL 11 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA TO CENTRAL GEROGIA. THIS LINE
IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RESIDENTS
OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
712 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN GEORGIA AND MUCH
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR DUBLIN GEORGIA
TO NEAR CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR EDGEFIELD AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 50
MPH.

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A VARIETY OF DAMAGING CONDITIONS...RANGING
FROM POWER OUTAGES AND BROKEN TREE LIMBS...ALSO A MOBILE HOME WAS TURNED
OVER IN RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR BUSH FIELD. DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
RECIEVED FROM EDGEFIELD COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA TO WESTERN BURKE COUNY
GEORGIA.