Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 550 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
   NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7PM EDT...

AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED INTO THE STATE...HOWEVER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORIGA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE RESIDENTS
CAN EXPECT THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHT?NING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY SHOULD THREATING WEATHER APPEAR OR IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
345 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 550 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR
   PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7PM EDT...

AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA WAS SHOWING
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF WESTERN GEORGIA.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AHEAD OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EASTERN ALABAMA.

THE STORMS IN ALABAMA HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN GEORGIA WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CARROLLTON...LA
GRANGE ...AND NEWNAN.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER...RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...ESPECIALLY IN CHATOOGA...FLOYD...POLK...HARALSON AND CARROLL SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROmUS
LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.  BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SAFETY SHOULD THREATING WEATHER APPEAR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLANTA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.