Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
GEORGIA TIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 550 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN
CRAWFORD COUNTY AROUND THE CITY OF ROBERTA AND IN WILCOX COUNTY FROM
ROCHELLE TO ABBEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTING AND HAIL MAY BE PRODUCED
BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
DANGEROUS OR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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

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

AT 600 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WIDELY SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA
TO 7 MILES WEST OF UNION SPRINGS TO NEAR SEALE AND INTO GEORGIA
WEST AND NORTH OF BUENA VISTA TO NEAR AND EAST OF BUTLER. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM MOVES NEAR YOU. VERY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS GEORGIA.
HOWEVER YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH THE VERY HOT TEMPERTURES IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA THESE STORMS MAY
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER NEW MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
   TROUP...MERIWETHER...PIKE...LAMAR...AND UPSON COUNTIES IN
    WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THESE COUNTIES...
AND THERE IS NO FURTHER THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING FOR
THAT AREA.

HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FARTHER SOUTH...AND INCLUDES MOST
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN
COLUMBUS...MACON...AUGUSTA...SAVANNAH...AND TALLAHASSEE WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS IN THESE
AREAS.