Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
450 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY
ALABAMA UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

AT 440 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST
NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS  TO NEAR LAFAYETTE ALABAMA. THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT CAME OVER COLUMBUS EARLIER HAD BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS TO 44 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN HAVE WINDS
OF 58 MPH OR GREATER.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PLEASE KEEP LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 1989

         ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA....

NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS
OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

AT 605 PM RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT CURVED FROM
COWETA COUNTY ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF FAYERTE COUTY AND INTO SPAULDING
COUNTY. HAIL WAS POSSIBLE IN A STORM IN FAYETTE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE
DEVELOPING NORTH TOWARDS THE SOUTH PART OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

ANOTHER CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WERE IN THE EXTREME NORTH AND EXTENDED
FROM BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS GILMER AND PICKENS
COUNTIES INTO CHEROKEE AND BARTOW COUNTIES. SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARDS
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PERSONS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THESE STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
700 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 700 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
CARTERSVILLE TO EAST OF ATLANTA NEAR CONYERS AND TO JACKSON LAKE IN
JASPER COUNTY.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MPH AND AT THE PRESENT SPEED
OF MOVEMENT WILL STRETCH FROM DAHLONEGA TO THE ATHENS AREA AND TO NEAR
CRAWFORDVILLE BY 800 PM THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS LINE OF STORMS
AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WERE
REPORTED IN THE ATLANTA AREA AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.

HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY
WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
715 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989

AT 710 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN JASPER COUNTY
NEAR MONTICELLO AND IN DOOLY COUNTY WEST OF VIENNA GEORGIA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS IN DOOLY COUNTY
CAUSED SOME DAMAGE  TO TREES AND A HOME IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY NEAR
ALBANY GEORGIA.

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

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREA#TING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF
NECESSARY.