Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1146 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 494 IN EFFECT FOR LEE...RUSSELL
CHAMBERS AND BARBOUR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL
1PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1144 AM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ENTERPRISE AL. NORTHEAST TO COLUMBUS GA.
AND ON UP TO NEAR ATLANTA GA. THE MOST NOTABLE STORMS WERE LOCATED
AROUND CLIO...COMER...SEALE AL. AND COLUMBUS...HAMILTON AND WAVERLY
HALL GA.  ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH
LOCAL FLOODING...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
STAY ALERT FOR CONTINUING CHANGING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1225 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM EAST OF ATLANTA TO
JUST NORTHWEST OF ATHENS AND TO TOCCOA GEORGIA THEN INTO THE
WESTERN TIP OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE
STRONG STORMS. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERS MOST
OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDS INTO EASTERN ALABAMA...EASTERN
TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 496 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT. WATCH NUMBER
496 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...ELBERTON...HARTWELL
AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS
GEORGIA TO THOMASTON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
40 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
BETWEEN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA AND ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER
MUCH OF GEORGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WQAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
215PM EDT THU JUN 15, 1989

COUNTY........ MADISON

SOURCE........ MADISON COUNTY EOC

TIME.......... 1145 AM EDT JUN 15

LOCATION...... JIST EAST OF DANIELSVILLE GEORGIA

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........

DAMAGE........ CHICKENHOUSE BLOWN DOWN AND ROOF TAKEN OFF OUT BUILDING

INJURIES...... NONE

WARNING....... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
225 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 496 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT. WATCH NUMBER
496 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...ELBERTON...HARTWELL
AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA
FROM COVINGTON TO THE MACON AREA. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ATHENS GEORGIA AND ANDERSON
SOUTH CAROLINA.

HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
OVER MUCH OF GEORGIA AND EXTENDS INTO THE ADJACENT AREAS
OF EASTERN ALABAMA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
242 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM.

AT 239 PM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTERN
GEORGIA. THE MOST NOTABLE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM AMERICUS TO NEAR
MACON GEORGIA.  THIS ACTIVITY  WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH
LOCAL FLOODING...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
STAY ALERT FOR CONTINUING CHANGING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.