Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 667 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF BANKS...HALL...RABUN...WHITE...ELBERT...HART...STEPHENS
FRANKLIN...LUMPKIN...TOWNS...HABERSHAM...MADISON AND UNION.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO ATHERNS GE`ORGIA AND TO
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
301 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHERN
GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM ...

AT 250 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CHATTNOOGA AND ROME...JUST WEST OF ROCKMARIN POLK COUNTY...NEAR JASPER IN PICKENS COUNTY AND NEAR GRIFFIN IN
SPALDING COUNTY.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
NECESSARY. DUE TO VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE..THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
IN THIS AREA OF THE STATE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND EVEN SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITlH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
330 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 667 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF BANKS...HALL...RABUN...WHITE...ELBERT...HART...STEPHENS
FRANKLIN...LUMPKIN...TOWNS...HABERSHAM...MADISON AND UNION.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
NEAR ELBERTON GEORGIA...AND FROM MACON TO MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTENDING INTO THE ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN
ALABAMA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.