Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
220 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST
GEORGIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO GRIFFIN TO ATHENS
TO HARTWELL UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 215 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN ON RADAR FROM EAST OF
CHATWORTH IN MURRAY COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF ROME IN FLOYD
COUNTY AND THEN SOUTHWARD TO JUST NORTH OF CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY.
THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS
INDICATED FROM CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY TO EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY TO NORTH
POLK COUNTY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL
AS TORRENTIAL RAIN. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE EASTWARD
THIS AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
122 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 220 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...MAINLY FROM FRANKLIN GEORGIA SOUTH TO LAGRANGE AND COLUMBUS
...ALSO FROM ALEXANDER CITY ALABAMA SOUTH TO TROY.  MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.   BE PREPARED AND LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN HEADING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
222 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 220 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...MAINLY FROM FRANKLIN GEORGIA SOUTH TO LAGRANGE AND COLUMBUS
...ALSO FROM ALEXANDER CITY ALABAMA SOUTH TO TROY.  MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.   BE PREPARED AND LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
310 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH
GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM...
...HOWEVER THE WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN ON RADAR FROM NORTHWEST
THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CLEARED CHATTOOGA
AND FLOYD COUNTIES AND THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES. HOWEVER A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS APPROACHING THE ATLANTA METRO-
POLITAN AREA FROM THE WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. SOME LOW LYING INTER-
SECTIONS MAY BE TEMPORARILY FLOODED AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCUR.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
310 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM THE WEST AT
310 PM EDT.

PERSONS IN  HALL JACKSON BARROW WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF
GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR COUNTIES BY 4 PM EDT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR
AND AT A MINIMUM WILL CAUSE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SEVERE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PERSON SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH FROM THE
WEST AND REMEMBER THAT BEING IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH
AREA MEANS THAT THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY
AND BE READY FOR ACTION.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
330 PM EDT MON JUN 5 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES OF
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 325 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.  AT THAT TIME...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE OVER EAST ALABAMA
FROM NEAR OPELIKA SOUTH TO NEAR SOCIETY HILL AND MIDWAY IN BULLOCH
COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF THE COLUMBUS
AND PHENIX CITY AREA...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE
STORMS APPROACH.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE LARGER STORMS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.