Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 PM EST THU MAR 15 1990

AT 510 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE IN TROUP
COUNTY AND NEAR DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
STRETCHED FROM TROUP COUNTY NORTH ACROSS COWETA AND DOUGLAS COUNTIE|S.
THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS
THE METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM EST.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AS THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITION MOVES INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

AT 510 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE IN TROUP
COUNTY AND NEAR DOUGLASVILLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
STRETCHED FROM TROUP COUNTY NORTH ACROSS COWETA AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS
THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM EST.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITION MOVES INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.

GAZ006-170100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
615 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA CONTINUES THROUGH
SATURDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
9 PM...

AT 610 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA
SOUTH TO NEAR THOMASTON AND BUTLER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR MONTICELLO
IN JASPER COUNTY...FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY...AND NEAR ROBERTA IN
CRAWFORD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE STREET FLOODING. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
635 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED
TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. AT 625 PM EST THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR
DAWSONVILLE TO GRIFFIN AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

ELSEWHERE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM
ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
725 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM
NEAR GAINESVILLE...ACROSS WINDER AND MADISON TO EATONTON. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA
GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ALERT AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STORMS OF THIS INTENSITY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL...SO
KEEP ALERT AND SEEK SHELTERS INDOORS.

ELSEWHERE RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM CENTRAL
ALABAMA...ACROSS GEORGIA...INTO SOUTHEAST TENN5ESSEE AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
745 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

630 PM EST.....ROCKDALE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES 911 REPORTED
               TORNADO SIGHTING. THEY REPORT NUMEROUS TREES AND
               POWER LINES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO AN ESTIMATED
               200 TO 400 HOMES...MAINLY FROM FALLING TREES.
               SOME ROADS CLOSED. NO INJURIES REPORTED SO FAR.
               DAMAGE OCCURRED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN THE
               VICINITY OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 20 AND HONEY CREEK
               ROAD. POWER OUT ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PART
               OF THE COUNTY.

DELAYED REPORT....WXIA-TV REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN HENRY
                  COUNTY \AROUND MC DONOUGH. TIME OF OCCURRENCE
                  APPARENTLY AROUND 630 PM EST.