Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA

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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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
832 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST BUT CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL THEN...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARFE PORTION TO WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY..

AT 825 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OCCURRING FROM MILLEDGEVILLE
AND CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO GREENVILLE AND SAMSON ALABAMA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN BARBOUR COUNTY ALABAMA.
THIS WHOLE AREA HAS MOVED LITTLE IN THE PAST HOUR.

SOME SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING AND THUNDER REMAINS IN THIS AREA OF RAIN.
MOST FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE FLOODED TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO
TRAVEL WITH CAUTION SINCE THE ROADS ARE SLICK AND FLOODED IN SOME
AREAS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
TO POSSIBLE FLOODING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
845 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1900

COUNTY........ CLARKE

SOURCE........ GA POWER

TIME.......... APPROX 805 PM EST

LOCATION...... WESTLAKE DRIVE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO

HAIL..........

DAMAGE........ UTILITY POWER POLE "SNAPPED-INTO"--ALSO OTHER TREES DOWN
               AND POWER OUT.
INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
850 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1900

COUNTY........ NEWTON

SOURCE........ COVINGTON SHERIFFS DEPT

TIME.......... APPROX 750 PM EST

LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO

HAIL..........

DAMAGE........ POWER OUT TO OVER HALF THE COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN..
               AT ONE POINT "OVER A MILE OF CONTINOUS TREES ACROSS ROAD"
INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME