Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GEORGIA
600 AM EST FRIDAY MARCH 29 1991

...OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY
  INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.

THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ACTIVITY INCLUDE PARTS OF ALABAMA
...AND MOST OF GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING WILL
DEEPEN AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TODAY TO A POSITION OVER NORTH
CAROLINA BY TONIGHT.  A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
PROVIDING THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JETSTREAM MOVING FROM TEXAS TO NORTH
CAROLINA WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF WARM
AND MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS COMBINATION OF
CONTRASTING AIR MASSES IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
INGREDIENTS FOR AN EXPLOSIVE OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA
AND MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING WHERE TORNADO WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
ISSUED.  DAYTIME HEATING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR INTENSIFICATION
OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM GEORGIA
INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

THE COMBINATION OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...A VERY
STRONG JETSTREAM ALOFT AND A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING A THREAT
OF POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AREA ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS A
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA...GEORGIA...
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTH CAROLINA.
ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES
...AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.  THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SHOULD BE
MONITORED VERY CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
713 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

AT 710
AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
HURTSBORO AND EUFAULA ALABAMA MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THESE AND OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS...INCLUDING COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY...SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

SINCE SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL
ALABAMA TODAY...PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GEORGIA
730 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH
  GEORGIA...

AT 725 AM EST AN AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF NORTH GEORGIA FROM NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO CEDARTOWN.
HOWEVER A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN ALABAMA JUST WEST OF
CEDARTOWN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR
TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS
IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
730 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

WARNING.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
COUNTY..... FLOYD
SOURCE..... PUBLIC REPORT TO FLOYD COUNTY 911
TIME......  BETWEEN 6 AND 630 AM
LOCATION... NEAR THE TOWN OF SILVER CREEK
DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NOT REPORTED
REMARKS.... NONE

WARNING.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
COUNTY..... POLK
SOURCE..... VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
TIME....... BETWEEN 6 AND 630 AM
LOCATION... TOWN OF ESOM HILL
DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS POWER AND PHONE LINES DOWN
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
INJURIES... NOT REPORTED
REMARKS.... NONE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
809 AM EST FRI MAR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA
INCLUDING MONROE...JASPER...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA. AT 8 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH.

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY IS
FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO A^CTIVITY
FOR MOST OF GEORGIA TODAY. PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA...INCLUDING
ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN
TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WATCHES OR WARNINGS.