Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
132 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1089

RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE HAS RECEIVED REPORT OF HAIL
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN WESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY ATD 125 PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
130 PM EDT TUE APRIL 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 130 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROME...NEAR TRION.

THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ALSO TORNADOES CAN
AND OFTEN DO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO GO OVER YOUR SEVERE
WEATHER PROCEDURES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR CONTINOUS WEATHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR CHATTOOGA AND WALKER COUNTIES
   EXPIRED AT 2PM EDT...

...TORNADO WATCH...WATCH NUMBER 90...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
THIS WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF THE NORTH GEORGIA...AND ADJACENT
PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE...

AT 200 PM...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDER-
STORM WARNINGS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAD WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORM
MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST WHITFIELD COUNTY AT 2 PM.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED
ACROSS CHATTOOGA COUNTY.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR STARTING TO DEVELOP IN
THE AREA BETWEEN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS GEORGIA.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
212 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1089

RADIO STATION WGTA IN SUMMERVILLE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND SOME THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AROUND MENLO
IN CHATTOOGA GEORGIA AROUND 145 PM EDT.