Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
915AM TUE APRIL 4, 1989

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
TODAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

AT 915AM EDT THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BARROW AND JACKSON COUNTIES
FROM THE WEST.

THESE STORMS LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGTNING...

STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MADISON AND CLARKE COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD.

AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE ELEMENTS MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
930AM TUE APRIL 4, 1989

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
TODAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BARROW AND JACKSON COUNTIES
AT THIS TIME WILL MOVE INTO CLARKE AND MADISON COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
THESE STORMS LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGTNING...

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD.

AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE ELEMENTS MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH.

IN GENERAL AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA TO NEAR ATHENS TO NEAR LAGRANGE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1018 AM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA AND A PART
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR PARTS
OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

HOWEVER...AT 1015 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN
WITH A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDING ACROSS GEORGIA FROM NEAR
LAGRANGE IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA TO NEAR ELBERTON IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS WAS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
GEORGIA COUNTIES OF MONROE...JASPER...JONES...AND PUTNAM AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS TKHE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1015 AM EDT TUE APRIL 4 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
GEORGIA.

RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVOER GEORGIA HAS DECREASED
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS AND THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1200 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
   EVENING...

LATE THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS IN GEORGIA HAD DIMINISHED TO A
JUST A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. HOWEVER
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL LOOMS FOR THE PEACH STATE.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA IN MISSISSIPPI WILL BE MOVING EASTWARD THIS
AFTERNOON AND TRIGGER STRONG...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS
IN GEORGIA.

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THAT IS VALID UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GEORGIA DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATER
PART OF THE AFTERNOON...IT IS EXPECTED THAT A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE
REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA.

CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
GEORGIA LATER TODAY. PEOPLE IN GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTH
GEORGIA...SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1245 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...SEVERE WEATHER HEADED FOR NORTH GEORGIA...

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS INDICATED IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHORTLY.

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY WILL BE
ISSUING A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA SHORTLY.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PLEASE BE PREPARED.

CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
GEORGIA LATER TODAY. PEOPLE IN GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTH
GEORGIA...SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THI@S AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.