Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
950 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF
   GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 940 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A 25 MILE WIDE BAND
OF WEATHER CONTAINING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO
ATLANTA TO NORTH OF ATHENS GEORGIA.

PRECIPITATION AREAS WERE DEVELOPING SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST WHILE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.   SHOWERS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AS OF 950 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DA%MAGE IN ALABAMA AND NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1013 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

934 PM...GA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON
         INTERSTATE 85 IN NORTH COWETA AND SOUTH FULTON COUNTIES. DAMAGE
         OCCURRED AROUND 730-745 PM EST.
949 PM...ATLANTA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED POWER LINES DOWNED AND
         SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED IN SOUTHWEST ATLANTA OFF MAYES DRIVE.
         HOUSE DAMAGED ENOUGH ON FLAMINGO ROAD :FOR A FAMILY TO EVACUATE.
         DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT 930 TO 940 PM EST WITH STRONG WINDS...
         EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAID POSSIBLE DOWNBURST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1030 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 753 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF ATLANTA IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 753 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TOWNS...WHITE...HALL
HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EST.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST AND
INCLUDES PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTR^AL GEORGIA.

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED QUICKLY EAST AND EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF ATHENS TO
WEST OF MACON AT 1025 PM EST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1030 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST THURSDAY
MORNING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM TOCCOA TO COMMERCE AND COVINGTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS LINE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH
THE ATHENS AREA AROUND 11 PM EST.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORgGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1040 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF
   GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 1030 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM THE WEST. STORMS
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE JUST WEST OF
MACON NEAR LAKE TOBESOFKEE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THEY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MACON AREA AND INTO JONES COUNTY
NEAR GRAY BEFORE 11 PM TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE STREET FLOODING. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS COULD POSSIBLY BREAK SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW OVER LOOSE TRASH
CANS AND nPATIO FURNITURE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1130 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 755 CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF
   GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY...

AT 1125 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
FROM ATHENS SOUTHWEST TO MACON AND FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR ALBANY.

WINDS TO 40 MPH OCCURRED AT THE MACON AIRPORT BETWEEN 1115 AND 1120 PM.
ATHENS REPORTED A WIND GUST JUST AFTER THE HOUR OF 59 MPH. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST OF
MACON THROUGH MIDDLE GEORGIA.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE
WINDS WITH THESE STORMS CAN BREAK SMALL LIMBS FROM TREES AND MOVE LIGHT
OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.