Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
152 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHWEST
   AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 148 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STORMS PRODUCING
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR DAMASCUS...NEAR ALBANY...AND BETWEEN NEWTON
AND PELHAM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER GEORGIA REMAINS QUITE WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE.
THIS MEANS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...A@ND SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
222 PM EDT WED JUNE 21 1989

AT 215 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA APPROACHING THE CITY OF ALBANY. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR TURNER COUNTY
NEAR 400 PM.

A TRAINED OBSERVER ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR IN ONE
OF THESE STORMS IN NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY AS IT WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN TURNER AND CRISP COUNTY STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR WEATHER
UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS COULD BUILD UP TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
GEORGIA THIS EVENING.  BE ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONSk.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
222 PM EDT WED JUNE 21 1989

AT 215 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA APPROACHING THE CITY OF ALBANY. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR TURNER COUNTY
NEAR 400 PM.

A TRAINED OBSERVER ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR IN ONE
OF THESE STORMS IN NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY AS IT WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST 25m MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN TURNER AND CRISP COUNTY STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR WEATHER
UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS COULD BUILD UP TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY IN A VERY SHORT TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
320 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1989

...THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WAS MOVING
   TOWARDS RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA...

AT 315 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH
BARBOUR COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED POWER
OUTAGES AND FALLEN TREES. LARGE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED EARLIER WITH
THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
AS IT MOVES INTO RUSSELL COUNTY. IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO ISSUE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IF THE STORM SHOWS SIGNS
OF INCREASING IN INTENSITY. RESIDENTS OF RUSSELL COUNTY MAY HAVE TO ACT
FAST IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. GO INSIDE A STRONG STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
ALSO...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE
STAY INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.