Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
442 PM EDT WED JUL 19 1989

 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
    WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COLUMBUS...FORT BENNING...AND PHENIX CITY
    AREAS...

AT 435 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH MUSCOGEE AND CHATAHOOCHEE COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...AND RUSSELL COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. WORKERS AT
CONSTRUCTION SITES SHOULD GET OFF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND STAY AWAY FROM
METAL PIPES AND BEAMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
COULD OCCUR...THEREFORE DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE. SLOW DOWN YOUR VEHICLE
TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
450 PM EDT WED JUL 19 1989

AT 445 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A SEVERAL
THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA BETWEEN LUMPKIN...ELLAVILLE...AND DAWSON. THESE
STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE PHONE UNLESS YOU HAVE
TO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH TOMORROW AS A SUMMER
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST. ABUNDANT HEAT AND
MOISTURE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER GEORGIA
...BUT THE ADDED INSTABILITY PROVIDED BY THE FRONT WILL CAUSE THE
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MORE NUMEROUS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY EVEN HAVE SOME STRONG WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL COULD OCCUR.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO REMAIN UP-TO-DATE ON GEORGIAS WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
525 PM EDT WED JUL 19 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA AGAIN...
MAINLY IN THE LINDALE TO ROME TO SUMMERVILLE AREAS AT 520 PM EDT. RADAR
INDICATED THE STORMS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS ARE
ADVISED TO WATCH FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER OVER LOW AREAS IN ROADS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS STANDING OR RUNNING WATER OVER ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS. DURING HEAVY RAIN...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW ENOUGH TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING AND REAR-ENDING SLOWER CARS AHEAD.

GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.

THUNDOERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER OTHER AREAS OF NORTHWEST
GEORGIA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
610 PM EDT WED JUL 19 1989

AT 605 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH
A SCATTERED LINE OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE SCATTERED LINE WAS FROM JUST NORTHEAST
OF MACON TO 5 MILES EAST OF MARSHALLVILLE TO NEAR LESLIE. THE MOST
NOTEABLE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE IN HOUSTON COUNTY. OTHER
SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE NOTE-WORTHY WERE BETWEEN
ELLAVILLE AND OGLETHORPE AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY BE
EXPERIENCED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AS WELL. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION IF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHEN AND A WARNING MUST BE ISSUEDz.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
610 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1989

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...

A 605 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS TEN MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED
FROM SPARTA GEORGIA IN HANCOCK COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO JEFFERSONVILLE
IN TWIGGS COUNTY TO VIENNA GEORGIA IN DOOLY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE MACON-WARNER ROBINS AREA THEY
PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS A|SSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS.
MOTORIST SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON RAIN SLICK HIGHWAYS AND NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
613 PM EDT WED JUL 19 1989

BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON BLUE RIDGE LAKE...CARTERS LAKE AND ESPECIALLY
LAKE ALLATOONA NEED TO TAKE COVER FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA CONTINUES TO
EXPAND AND GROW STRONGER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KINGSTON GEORGIA AT 605 PM MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BARTOW
COUNTY IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS ARE
ADVISED TO WATCH FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER OVER LOW AREAS IN ROADS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS STANDING OR RUNNING WATER OVER ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS. DURING HEAVY RAIN...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW ENOUGH TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING AND REAR-ENDING SLOWER CARS AHEAD.

GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.
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THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.