Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, 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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
429 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 550 REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
INCLUDING LEE AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 7PM EDT...

AT 420 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF RAIN
OCCURRING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TALLASSEE TO 12 MILES NORTH
OF TALLASEEE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MARTIN. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF LEE AND RUSSELL COUNTIES ALABAMA
WITHIN AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTo CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER WHEN
THESE STORMS COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.