Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1120 AM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

 ...STORMY WEATHER TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA
    TODAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH
AND WEST GEORGIA INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  HEAVY RAINS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCALITIES.

A THUNDERSTORM DUMPED ABOUT 3/4THS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT THE ATLANTA
AIRPORT IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR ABOUT 10 AM THIS MORNING.  THIS WAS
PART OF A BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
THE NORTHERN BORDER OF GEORGIA SOUTH ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA
TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  THIS AREA WILL
BE SPREADING SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVES EAST.
ALSO...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.

PEOPLE ACROSS GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ABOUT THE CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND LISTEN TO THIS STATION
FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1125 AM  EDT THU JUN 15 1989

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...25 MILES WIDE...EXTENDS
ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM NEAR CORNELIA TO EAST OF
ATLANTA NEAR CONYERS.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH ACCOMPANIED
BY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERS MOST
OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDS INTO THE ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1146 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 494 IN EFFECT FOR LEE...RUSSELL
CHAMBERS AND BARBOUR COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL
1PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1144 AM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ENTERPRISE AL. NORTHEAST TO COLUMBUS GA.
AND ON UP TO NEAR ATLANTA GA. THE MOST NOTABLE STORMS WERE LOCATED
AROUND CLIO...COMER...SEALE AL. AND COLUMBUS...HAMILTON AND WAVERLY
HALL GA.  ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH
LOCAL FLOODING...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
STAY ALERT FOR CONTINUING CHANGING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1225 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM EAST OF ATLANTA TO
JUST NORTHWEST OF ATHENS AND TO TOCCOA GEORGIA THEN INTO THE
WESTERN TIP OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE
STRONG STORMS. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERS MOST
OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDS INTO EASTERN ALABAMA...EASTERN
TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 496 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT. WATCH NUMBER
496 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...ELBERTON...HARTWELL
AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS
GEORGIA TO THOMASTON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
40 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
BETWEEN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA AND ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER
MUCH OF GEORGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WQAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
215PM EDT THU JUN 15, 1989

COUNTY........ MADISON

SOURCE........ MADISON COUNTY EOC

TIME.......... 1145 AM EDT JUN 15

LOCATION...... JIST EAST OF DANIELSVILLE GEORGIA

TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........

DAMAGE........ CHICKENHOUSE BLOWN DOWN AND ROOF TAKEN OFF OUT BUILDING

INJURIES...... NONE

WARNING....... SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
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