Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZ001-003-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
305 PM EDT SUN AUG 05 1990

  ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA IN THE
AFTERNOON HEAT. AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
STRONGEST STORMS JUST NORTH OF CAROLLTON AND NEAR MENLO IN
CHATTOGA COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. BECAUSE THESE STORMS
ARE SLOW-MOVERS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH GE,ORGIA
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GAZ006-008-009-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
332 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 1990

...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 330 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED
IN MANY COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST BETWEEN
5 AND 10 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. FEW MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE ENJOYING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD GO INSIDE IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...GOLFERS...AND OTHERS IN OPEN AREAS
SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER LINGHTNING SAFETY RULES.

GAZ002-004-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
400 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 1990

AFTERNOON HEAT COMBINED WITH CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS AT RANDOM ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AND ROADWAYS.

FOR THOSE BOATING AND PARTICIPATING IN OTHER WATER ACTIVITIES BE
ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING YOUR AREA AND
ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO REACH A PLACE OF SAFETY OUT AND OFF THE
WATE_R.

GAZ006-008-009-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
437 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 1990

AT 430 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN. TWO LARGE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GORDON IN WILKINSON COUNTY TO 7 MILES NORTH OF JEFFERSONVILLE IN
TWIGGS COUNTY.  BOTH WERE MOVING EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS RANGED FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA
IN MACON COUNTY TO VIENNA IN DOOLY COUNTY TO CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.

EACH OF THE STORMS SEEN BY RADAR ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS SHOULD GO INSIDE IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...GOLFERS...AND OTHERS IN OPEN AREAS REMEMBER
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS ARE A VERY CONSIDERABLE THREAT TO YOUR SAFETY.

GAZ005-008-006-052245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
437 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 1990

AT 430 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AND NORTH OF BLAKELY..5 MILES
NORTH OF SHELLMAN AND ALSO 5 MILES NORTH OF BENOVOLENCE..JUST NORTH
OF AMERICUS AND EAST OF MONTEZUMA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY
WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND
BE READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR YOU.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

GAZ001-003-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
522 PM EDT SUN AUG 05 1990

AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST
SOUTH OF NEWNAN AND IN BARTOW COUNTY WEST OF ATCO. THE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. BECAUSE THESE STORMS
ARE SLOW-MOVERS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.