Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZ005-ALZ012-052230-

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.

GAZ002-004-052315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
513 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING...

AT 510 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...10 MILES
WIDE...EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWARD...TO
WEST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THE PRESENT MOVEMENT THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ENTERING UNION
COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF BLAIRSVILLE
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AROUND 6 PM EDT.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE INDOORS AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...AND STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PAST.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WET ROADS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS INTENSITY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. KEEP IN MIND SEVERE
WEATHER COULD DEVELOP FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS...SO KEEP SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES IN MIND UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
535 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF REPORTS RECEIVED ON THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

AT 515 PM EDT...IN PAULDING COUNTY...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTY. ONE TREE ON A HOUSE.
                ANOTHER TREE ON AN AUTOMOBILE.

AT 520 PM EDT...ON HEARD/COWETA COUNTY LINE...TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
         C       IN THE HANDY ROAD AREA.

AT 525 PM EDT...IN DEKALB COUNTY...OFF-DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
                ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH AND 1/4-INCH HAIL ON
                I-85 NEAR CLAIRMONT ROAD.

GAZ005-008-ALZ012-052345-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WACH 550 IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS..TROUP COUNTIES
OF GEORGIA AND LEE..RUSSELL..CHAMBERS COUNTIES OF ALABAMA UNTIL 7PM
EDT. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 553 FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT TONIGHT.

AT 530 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR  WAS INDICATING THE LEADING
EDGE OF AN AREA OF RAIN MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A WIND
GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WAS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN COLUMBUS WHEN THIS LEADING EDGE WENT THROUGH AT 531 PM EDT.
THIS LEADING EDGE WAS FROM ATLANTA TO COLUMBUS IN GEORGIA INTO
ALABAMA TO UNION SPRINGS. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND WIND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN BUTLER AND BUENA VISTA MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE HAIL. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO SEEK
SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOAA WE*ATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

AT 540 PM EDT...IN DEKALB COUNTY...I-85 ANDF CLAIRMONT
                OFF DUTY METEOROLOGIST ESTIMATES WIND GUSTS TO
     }           65 MPH.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

AT 555 PM EDT...IN MERIWETHER COUNTY...SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN
                ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.