Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
315 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS
OF NORTH GEORGIA...A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...AND
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE
TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 310 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST OF LAGRANGE.
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT CORRECTED FOR THE YEAR 1989
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
327 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

REPORT FROM WAGA-TV. TREES DOWN IN CARROLL COUNTY NEAR BOWDEN AT 315 PM.

TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND BETWEEN BREMEN AND BOWDEN IN NORTHERN
CARROLL COUNTY AT 315 PM DAMAGE TO HOUSES. REPORT BY HARALSON
COUNTY EMA.

TREES DOWN IN BREMEN AREA ABOUT 315 PM...PUBLIC REPORT.

TREES UPROOTED NORTH OF CARTERSVILLE AT 321 PM. TRAINED SPO#TTER REPORT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330 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 330 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR CARROLLTON TO ELIJAY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO REPORTS OF OCCASIONAL TORNADOS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

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 FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA.

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 POTEN2TIAL.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
340 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

REPORT FROM WCHK RADIO IN CANTON...CHEROKEE COUNTY

TORNADO POSSIBLY ON GROUND WITH MARBLE ZIXE HAIL AND MANY DAMAGE
REP8ORTS BEFORE COMMUNICATION LOST. STATION PRESENTLY OFF THE AIR AND
PERSONNEL HAVE ASSUMED TORNADO DEFENSIVE READINESS. THE BUILDING SHOOK
AND A LOUD ROAR HEARD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
400 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
   ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND A LARGE PART
   OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 350 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO SOUTH OF TALLASEE..
ALSO JUST EAST OF TUSKEGEE  AND SOUTH OF OPELIKA. ALL THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL QAND A FEW
TORNADOES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE STORMS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
400 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

60 MPH WINDS MEASURED AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 4 PM EDT.