Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
215 PM SAT MAY 27 1989

...HEAT INDEX RISING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA...

AT 210 PM THE TTEMPERATURE AT MACON ROSE TO 93 AND THE HUMIDITY WAS
55 PERCENT. THIS COMBINATION MADE THE HEAT INDEX REACH 104.
IT WILL GET EVEN HOTTER WITH TEMPERATURE IN THE MIDDLE 90S. AT THE
SAME TIME THE HUMIDITY IS NOT GOING TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.

IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH
TO CAUSE HEAT STROKE TO THOSE EXPOSED OUTDOORS OR IN UNVENTILATED
AREAS.

ALL ARE ADVISED TO AVOID OUTDOOR EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT FOR LONGER
THAN A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW THE DANGER
LEVEL AFTER 5 PM EDT.

TENSE SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON LIVE BROADCASTS.

SIX LINES OF TEXT FOR EACH PARAGRAPH.  LIMIT SENTENCES TO 15 - 20
WORDS.

FUNNEL CLOUDS SHOULD BE IN A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  UNLESS COLD
CORE AND AND POST FRONTAL.

DON'T USE REMARKS LIKE WON'T TOUCH THE GROUND OR NO NEED FOR ALARM
(YOU CAN INDICATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT NOT LIKELY).

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
215 PM SAT MAY 27 1989

...HEAT INDEX RISING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA...

AT 210 PM THE TTEMPERATURE AT MACON ROSE TO 93 AND THE HUMIDITY WAS
55 PERCENT. THIS COMBINATION MADE THE HEAT INDEX REACH 104.
IT WILL GET EVEN HOTTER WITH TEMPERATURE IN THE MIDDLE 90S. AT THE
SAME TIME THE HUMIDITY IS NOT GOING TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.

IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH
TO CAUSE HEAT STROKE TO THOSE EXPOSED OUTDOORS OR IN UNVENTILATED
AREAS.

ALL ARE ADVISED TO AVOID OUTDOOR EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT FOR LONGER
THAN A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW THE DANGER
LEVEL AFTER 5 PM EDT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
440 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 IN EFFECT FOR PART OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TROUP TO LAMAR.

AT 425 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA OUT OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST
NORTHEAST OF LAGRANGE... NORTH OF WOODBURY AND NEAR MANCHESTER.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERS`ONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
450 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE
   PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM 430 PM UNTIL 11 PM EDT TONIGHT.

AT 440 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM 18 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO UNION
SPRINGS AND NORTHEAST TO NEAR AUBURN AND INTO GEORGIA NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN
WITH SHOWERS TO ZEBULON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS HAS BEEN TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM MOVES NEAR YOU. DUE TO THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND A COLD
FRONT..THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS DEFINED AS HAVING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER OR HAIL
3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RjAIN ALSO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 IN EFFECT FOR PART OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO BARNESVILLE.

AT 540 PM NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IN UPSON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THOMASTON.  BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA SHOULD BE LOOKOUT FOR
DARK THREAENING CLOUDS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.  LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS WEATHER PHENOMENA IN GEORGIA.  LAKES
...GOLF COURSES...BALL FIELDS AND OTHER OPEN AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY
DANGEROUS.