Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...GUSTY WINDS OVER WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA...

WINDS OUT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT HAS
RECORDED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AND STEADY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH SO FAR THIS
AFTERNOON.  THESE STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

ALSO...THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

ALTHOUGH NO WARNINGS NOR WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL{
GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AS OF 140 PM EDT...RESIDENTS OF
THOSE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
307 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA
   UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GEORGIA
AREA THIS EVENING.  NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWS
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF ROME
SOUTH TO NEAR CARROLLTON AND LAGRANGE AT 300 PM.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS LAKE ALATOONA...AND INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA...AND
THE NEWNAN AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM.

LATE REPORT...A FEW TREES ARE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA
BORDER WEST OF LAGRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS...
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

IN SUMMARY...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DARK THUDERSTORM CLOUDS APPROACHING
YOUR AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
GEORGIA FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO NEAR LAGRANGE.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR ROME GEORGIA
AND OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERST6ORMS COVER A LARGE PORTION
OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTEND INTO THE ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN
ALABAMA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
347 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
   WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9PM EDT...

AT 340 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EAST LEE COUNTY OF ALABAMA. THIS PLACES THE STORM JUST WEST OF
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO
OVER MERIWETHER COUNTY AND A WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THEIR COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY SO WARNING LEAD TIME MAY BE
SMALL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN
YOUR BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITUARE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE INNER MOST PART OF THE BUILDING
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 345PM EDT FRI MAY 5, 1989

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ATLANTA TO NEAR COLUMBUS AT
345PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED TOB MOVE THROUGH THE ATHENS AREA
BETWEEN 5 PM AND 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON..

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT..

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THE
EVENING HOURS ...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR FULTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.
AT 4 PM RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF TUHUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE
EASTERN SURBURBS OF ATLANTA TO GRIFFIN TO MANCHESTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND
WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.