Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1215 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

       ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN
          GREENE COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY
AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN GREENE AND TALIAFERRO CO>UNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS
THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
145 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
      COUNTIES OF ELBERT...GREENE...MORGAN...OGLETHORPE AND TALIAFERRO
      UNTIL 7 PM EDT...
   ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALIAFERRO COUNTY HAS
      EXPIRED...
   ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH
      GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...

AT 145 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN SEVERE WEATHER IS
SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CO!NDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
2PM EDT MON JUN 19, 1989

COUNTY........ TALIAFERRO

SOURCE........ SHF OFFICE

TIME.......... 1 PM

LOCATION...... NEAR SHARRON

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORMS

HAIL.......... SMALL

DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN
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INJURIES...... NONE

WARNING....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM                                                                 ]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
255 PM EDT MON JUNE 19 1989

      ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING.  THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ALMOST ALL OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE IN TWIGGS
COUNTY NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE...IN PULASKI COUNTY WEST OF HAWKINSVILLE...
AND DODGE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF EASTMAN.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
SOME OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
335 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
      COUNTIES OF ELBERT...GREENE...MORGAN...OGLETHORPE AND TALIAFERRO
      UNTIL 7 PM EDT...
   ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH
      GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN SEVERE WEATHER IS
SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

AT 330 PM THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER
WEST PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MAINLY 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA
TO CORDELE GEORGIA.
OTHERWISE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST
...CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
340 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN  AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 330 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR ALBANY...LEESBURG...LESLIE AND
MARSHALLVILLE.

SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AS WELL
AS SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  PLEASE STAY
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND KEEP LISTENING TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.