Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
1050 AM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA
UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1045 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE
IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BOWDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSON COUNTY...NEAR
ROCKMART IN POLK COUNTY...AND SOUTH OF CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST FROM ALABAMA.
THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PROCUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...FLASH FLOODS...AND GUSTY WINDS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
1200 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA
UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BARTOW...PAULDING...CARROLL
AND HARALSON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 1215 PM EDT....

AT 1155 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL...ACROSS
NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAIRMONT IN GORDON COUNTY
SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BOWDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDER-
STORMS WERE NORTH OF CARROLLTON IN CARROLL COUNTY...NEAR DALLAS IN
PAULDING COUNTY...AND NEAR CARTERSVILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST A 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED EAST FROM ALABAMA
HAD MERGED WITH THE FIRST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS ACROSS
NORTHWEST GEORGIA EARLIER. IN ALABAMA THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

AT 1155 AM EDT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER GEORGIA WERE INTENSIFYING.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...FLASH FLOODS...AND GUSTY WINDS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1209 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST ALABAMA...

AT 1205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
HEARD COUNTY TO CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
MONTGOMERY TO RANDOLPH COUNTY IN ALABAMA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING.
THESE STORMS ARE OCCURRING IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA SO RESIDENTS OF
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

GAZ002-004-291915-

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

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 238 FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AxND CLOSE 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
147 PM EDT MON APR 29 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 143 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO
MOVING INTO CHAMBERS...LEE...AND RUSSELL COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AT 25
MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN AN
HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING.
THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA SO PEOPLE IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR
   CRAWFORD..MONROE..JONES..PUTNAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM LAGRANGE GEORGIA NORTHEAST TO ATLANTA TO GAINESVILLE GEORGIA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TROUP COUNTY WEST AND
NORTH OF LAGRANGE AND WEST OF LAWERENCEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS..HAIL..INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.