Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
935 AM EDT FRI MAY 17 1990

AT 830 AM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN TIP OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST INTO
EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA FROM FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST THROUGH
BLAIRSVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF BLUE RIDGE TO ROME GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTROM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF JASPER GEORGIA.
LINE MOVEMENT SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
WERE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DAHLONEGA GEORGIA. MOVEMENT EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1009 AM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA AT 1010AM EDT WAS FROM JUST NORTH
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO JUST NORTH OF GAINESVILLE GEORGIA
TO NEAR CEADARTOWN.

DURING THE PAST HOUR SOME SMALL HAIL OCCURED AT JASPER GEORGIA
AND THAT THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING DAWSON COUNTY AT THIS TIME.

THE LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR
WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR.

CURRENT MOVEMENT WILL PUT MOST OF THE LINE THROUGH  TOCCOA AND
GAINESVILLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND INTO ATHENS NEAR NOON.

NONE OF THE THUNDERSTROMS IN THIS LINE ARE SEVERE AT THIS TIME
BUT A CLOSE WATCH SHOULD BE KEPT AS THEY MOVE INTO YOUR AREA
TODAY. WITH SOME HEATING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM THE STORMS
COULD BECOME LARGER THAN  THEY ARE AT THIS TIME.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE COMMON WITH8 THE LARGER
STORMS ALONG WITH SOME HAIL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
1048 AM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
   THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA...

AT 1040 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TOCCOA
WEST TO NEAR CUMMING TO THE ROCKMART-CEDARTOWN AREA. THIS LINE IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN THE VICINITIES OF CANTON AND LAKE ALATOONA.

THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE METRO ATLANTA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS OF AR{OUND 30 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1255 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH ATHENS AT 1245 PM A
GUST TO 36 MILES AN HOUR OCCURED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

AT 1255 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CRAWFORD IN OGLETHORPE
COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES THOUGH OGLETHORPE0 COUNTY AND THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF ELBERT COUNTY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
110 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

AT 1 PM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF LAGRANGE GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
WETUMPKA ALABAMA.THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS  OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REM
ALERT TO WEATHER CHANGES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF
HEAVY RAI?N AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ANSMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR OTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
140 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

      .......THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.....

AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY
AND SOUTH OF FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTNING..AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AND MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMlS PASS.