Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
730 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTH GEORGIA.

AT 730 PM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE AUGUSTA VICINITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED OVER NORTHWEST
GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. ALSO STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AIKEN.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY
TO A SAFE AREA IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
750 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM EST
AND FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
2AM EST TONIGHT...

AT 745 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SOLID AREA OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO EASTERN
ALABAMA..ACTUALLY OCCURRING FROM DALLAS GEORGIA TO TROY ALABAMA. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS IN SOUTHERN TALLAPOSSA COUNTY ALABAMA MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE WHOLE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT
POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND SlHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN
THESE STORMS APPROCH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
900 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY
MORNING FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
...AND PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 9 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON WAS SHOWING A BAND OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST
INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS IN ALABAMA
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
910 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

710 PM...TALLAPOOSA P.D. - QUARTER SIZE HAIL...2 BARNS COMPLETELY
         DESTROYED...1 BARN WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. (7 MI N OF
         TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON CO.)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
910 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM EST
AND FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
2AM EST TONIGHT...

AT 905 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A SOLID AREA OF
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO EASTERN
ALABAMA..ACTUALLY OCCURRING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA SOUTHWEST
TO LUVERNE AND OZARK ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN LEE
AND CHAMBERS COUNTY NORTH OF AUBURN...ALSO 10 MILES SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS
AND NEAR LOUISVILLE ALABAMA. THESE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH
WHILE THE WHOLE AREA MOVES EAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..INCLUDING
THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREA..CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. REMEMBER ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE
STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
925 PM EST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IS EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA.

AT 925 PM EST THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ANYWHERE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER PERSONS THROUGHOUT
THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP UPDATED ON
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST ALABAMA...ACROSS
NORTHWEST GEORGIA...INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA. A VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH OF
LAGRANGE...NEAR FRANKLIN. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN
EASTCENTRAL ALABAMA NEAR LAFAYETTE.

ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS WESTCENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR AIKEN TO CHESTER.
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ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO FIND A PLACE
OF SAFETY IN THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR CONSTANT WESTHER UPDATES.