Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
715 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR COOK AND
COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTH GEORGIA.  HOWEVER...OTHER COUNTIES
FARTHER EAST ARE STILL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH UNTIL 11 AM EST...

AT 712 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FROM NEAR VALDOSTA EAST TO BRUNSWICK AND NORTHEAST TO AROUND
SAVANNAH.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.  ALSO REMEMBER THAT CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN GEORGIA THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  PLEASE CONTINUE TO
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
715 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR COOK AND
COLQUITT COUNTIES OF SOUTH GEORGIA.  HOWEVER...OTHER COUNTIES
FARTHER EAST ARE STILL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH UNTIL 11 AM EST...

AT 712 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FROM NEAR VALDOSTA EAST TO BRUNSWICK AND NORTHEAST TO AROUND
SAVANNAH.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
755 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991

...MOST RAIN AND THUNDESTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR
   THE TIME BEING...MORE ON THE WAY LATER TODAY...

AT 745 AM RADAR LOCATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

WHILE MOST OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
IT WAS CONTINUING IN THE EASTERN THIRD OF GEORGIA AND REDEVELOPING
OVER WEST GEORGIA.

THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORING WITH LITTLE OR NO
CLOUDINESS.  HOWEVER...WEATHER WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER ALABAMA
AND WEST GEORGIA AND WILL MOVE INTO AND DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA
LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

THERE HAS BEEN FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA...AND
A FEW SPOTS WITH EVEN HEAVIER RAINFALL.  RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE WEATHER
OFFICE IN MACON SHOWS 4.78 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MONTH SO FAR.  THAT IS
4.25 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL WITH 1.45 INCH HAVING BEEN RECEIVED SINCE EARLY
THIS MORNING.

THE GROUND IS SATURDATED. LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WHICH ARE FLOOD PRONE
MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANY MORE RAIN TODAY.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE
REMINDED TO REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND NEARBY WATER LEVELS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
955 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 950 AM RADAR LOCATED A THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD ASBURN IN
TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE FAST SPEED OF THIS THUNDERSTORM STRONG GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH TURNER COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING.