Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
140 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 174 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST
GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY.

BANKS...BARROW...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...NEWTON...RABUN...
STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON...WHITE...DAWSON.

AT 135 PM EDT ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE SOUTH TO NEAR
LAGRANGE GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN GEORGIA
FROM DALTON TO COLUMBUS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST INTO EAST
ALABAMA. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
153 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA
UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY...

AT 150 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...NEAR
LAGRANGE AND WEST POINT GEORGIA...AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR BUENA VISTA
GEORGIA SOUTH TO EUFAULA ALABAMA.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST
ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR STAY TUNED TO OTHER
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
207 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WAS FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF
CHATSWORTH SOUTHWARD TO NEAR DOUGASVILLE AT 2 PM.

LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL ENTER UNION , DAWSON, AND LUMPKIN
COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR.

THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT WILL CARRY THE LINE INTO HALL, WHITE, AND TOWNS
COUNTIES WITHIN AND HOUR AND A HALF...

ALL PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH FROM
THE WEST.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES MENTION AND OTHERS
UNTIL 6 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
230 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

LINE TO THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD THE
AREA AT 30 MILES AND HOUR CONTINUES TO BECOME STRONGER.

THIS MEANS THAT THE LIKELYHOOD OF WARNINGS BEING ISSUED FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS GREAT.

WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE HOUR.

ALSO A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF THE
LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...ABOUT 30 MILES OUT AT THIS
TIME AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCH CLOSELY..

REMEMBER AT TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUST OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA INCLUDING COVINGTON GAINESVILLE  AND TOCCOA /AND POINTS
NORTH OF THERE.

PREPARE NOW TO SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS ADVANCING LINE OF
SEVERE STORMS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA
245 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

COUNTY......  FAYETTE COUNTY
SOURCE......  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME........  ABOUT 228 PM EDT
LOCATION....  FAYETTEVILL.E
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
HAIL........  GOLFBALL SIZED WITH SOME SMALLER HAIL
INJURIES....  NONE
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  UNKNOWN

LOCAL STORM REPORT... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA, GA
230 PM EDT SAT APR 28 1990

COUNTY......  FAYETTE COUNTY
SOURCE......  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME........  ABOUT 228 PM EDT
LOCATIO2N....  FAYETTEVILLE
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES.. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
HAIL........  GOLFBALL SIZED WITH SOME SMALLER HAIL
INJURIES....  NONE
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  UNKNOWN