Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
610 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

COUNTY........HART

SOURCE........HART COUNTY E.M.S.

TIME..........APPROX 430 PM EDT

LOCATION......HARTWELL HOSPITAL

TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........PENNY SIZE HAIL

DAMAGE........UNKNOWN

INJURIES......NONE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
644 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 640 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  MOST OF THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR MONTEZUMA GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO PLAINS...PRESTON AND
CUTHBERT...ALSO IN ALABAMA BETWEEN SEALE AND CRAWFORD.  MOVEMENT WAS
GENERALLY EAST ABOUT 30 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO HAVE DECREASED SOME DURING THE
PAST HOUR...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
WEATHER AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 11
PM EDT.  PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE READY TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
645 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH
   OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM EASTMAN AND HAWKINSVILLE NORTHWARD...

AT 640 PM EDT RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
FROM EATONTON AND MONTICELLO SOUTH TO MACON AND MONTEZUMA. MOVEMENT
OF THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
OCCASSIONALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...PEOPLE IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS
EVENING.

THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE THUNDERSTORMS
AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
650 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 241 FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND C&LOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
736 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 730 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A
FEW LARGE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM AMERICUS GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO
LEESBURG...ALBANY...AND COLQUITT GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25
MPH.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF ALBANY.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY IN THE ALBANY AREA...SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE LARGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.  PEOPLE IN THE
ALBANY AREA SHOULD ALSO WATCH FOR BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHbER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
747 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...

AT 635 PM EDT...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE
WEATHER OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA TODAY WAS EXITING THE STATE AND ENTERING
SOUTH CAROLINA...AS A RESULT THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOS HAS DECREASED
AND THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLEnD.