Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZ008>015-102200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
1100 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
   SATURDAY...

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND SATURDAY FOR SOUTH GEORGIA.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.
THE ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF ALBANY...
VALDOSTA...SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK.

TEMPERATURES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE
35 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES IN THE 105 TO
110 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...NEAR 105
CENTRAL...AND IN NORTH SECTIONS OF THE STATE THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE
IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WHERE HEAT
INDICES WILL BE BELOW 100 DEGREES.
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A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEVEL AT WHICH
THE BODY BEGINS TO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. KEEP
IN MIND THAT THE HEAT INDEX VALUE IS MEASURED UNDER SHADY CONDITIONS.
DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SUNSHINE CAN INCREASE THE HEAT INDEX AS MUCH AS
15 DEGREES.

YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE
USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...
CRAMPS OR...IN EXTREME CASES...HEATSTROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS...RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD
CHECK ON PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING AT RISK.

EFFECTS CAN BE MINIMIZED IF YOU FOLLOW THESE SUGGESTIONS...REDUCE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES...WEAR LIGHT COLORED LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING AND...IF POSSIBLE
...SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED FACILITIES.

UNLIKE SOUTH GEORGIA...NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA WILL DROP BELOW 80 DEGREES...WHICH IS PART OF THE CRITERIA
FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. SOUTH GEORGIA WILL HAVE HEAT INDICES ABOVE 80
DEGREES DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE HMUCH INTO THE COMING WEEK.

GAZ001-102030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
235 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

AT 230 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER WITH CHATTOOGA COUNTY HAD MOVED
INTO NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY NORTH OF ROME. WITH THE HIGH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAIN IS ALSO
LIKELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH WHICH
WILL TAKE THEM INTO GORDON AND BARTOW COUNTIES BY 3 PM.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE ISOLATED
BUT STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

GAZ001-102130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
348 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

AT 340 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY NORTH OF LAKE ALLATOONA. ANOTHER STORM
WAS LOCATED IN FLOYD COUNTY JUST EAST OF ROME. THIS STORM BROUGHT
WINDS OF 37 MPH TO THE ROME AIRPORT AND DROPPED THE TEMPERATURE
FROM 93 DEGREES TO 76 DEGREES IN ONE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS.
RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE ISOLATED
BUT STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIG@HTED.