Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
527 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991

     ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INTENSIFYING OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. AT 515 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF
STORMS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR SCOTTSBORO SOUTH THROUGH ANNISTON TO
TALLADEGA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
THE EXTREME WEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF WALKER...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD...
POLK...HARALSON...AND CARROLL...WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STORM DAMAGE OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AS
THESE STORMS PASSED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE READY TO TAKE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS IF ADVERSE WEATHER THREATENS.

GAZ005-008-ALZ012-272345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
546 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...UNTIL 10 PM
EDT...

AT 540
 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALEXANDER CITY AND LAFAYETTE ALABAMA
NORTH INTO THE ANNISTON ALABAMA AND CARROLLTON GEORGIA AREAS.
ELSEWHERE THERE WERE A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS NEAR LANETT AND
THOMASTON GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
BE READY TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO
YOUR AREA.

GAZ004-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
556 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES...BARROW...CLARKE...GREENE...
HALL..JACKSON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE AND WALTON...

AT 550 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GOERGIA FROM
NORTHEAST ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD PAST HISTORY
OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

AT THIS PRESENT MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE NORTHEAST
GEORGIA COUNTIES AROUND 800 PM EDT. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORG
SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY RAPIDLY.

GAZ006-280045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
639 PM EDT SAT APR 27 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR BIBB...
   CRAWFORD...JONES...JASPER...MACON...MONROE...PUTNAM AND TAYLOR
   COUNTIES OF THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA...

AT 635 PM RADARS LOCATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY RADAR OVER TELFAIR
COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 2O MPH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO...OR DEVELOP...
OVER THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 PM.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR LOCAL
WEATHER REPORTS DURING THE REST OF THE EARLY NIGHT-TIME HOURS.