Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF GEORGIA...

A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING EAST ACROSS ALABAMA IS CAUSING THE WINDS
TO PICK UP ACROSS GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA FROM AROUND ATLANTA SOUTH TO MACON...
COLUMBUS...ALBANY AND SOUTH TO THE FLORIDA BORDER CAN EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS OF 30 TO 4}0 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...AND BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR THESE GUSTY WINDS.

THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 6 PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...GUSTY WINDS OVER WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA...

WINDS OUT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT HAS
RECORDED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AND STEADY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH SO FAR THIS
AFTERNOON.  THESE STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

ALSO...THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

ALTHOUGH NO WARNINGS NOR WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL{
GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AS OF 140 PM EDT...RESIDENTS OF
THOSE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
307 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA
   UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GEORGIA
AREA THIS EVENING.  NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWS
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF ROME
SOUTH TO NEAR CARROLLTON AND LAGRANGE AT 300 PM.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS LAKE ALATOONA...AND INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA...AND
THE NEWNAN AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM.

LATE REPORT...A FEW TREES ARE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA
BORDER WEST OF LAGRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS...
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

IN SUMMARY...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DARK THUDERSTORM CLOUDS APPROACHING
YOUR AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.