Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

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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.

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 550 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR RUSSELL..LEE AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR HARRIS AND TROUP COUNTIES.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 553 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT
TONIGHT...

AT 618 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM THOMASTON INTO SOUTHERN TALBOT
COUNTIES OF GEORGIA. ALSO SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST
AND SOUTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

YOU CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD
BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. CONTINUE TO
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 553 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST
   COUNTIES OF GEORGIA...BUT CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
   GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 640 PM EDT THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT SWEPT
NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
AND WESTCENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE TO
CUMMING...TO CONYERS...TO LAKE JACKSON TO THOMASTON WEST TO THE ALABAMA
BORDER. THIS MEANS CITIES AND TOWNS LIKE ATLANTA...LA GRANGE?...GRIFFIN
...ELLIJAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE NO LONGER UNDER ANY KIND OF WATCH
OR WARNING.