Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
158 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...

AN AREA OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE...WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE REMAINS OF OLD
HURRICANE ANDREW...WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA THIS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.  AS THE LOW PRESSURE GETS CLOSER TO GEORGIA...THE THREAT
FOR HEAVY RAINS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL
BE ON THE INCREASE IN GEORGIA.

THE TORNADO WATCH AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES ALL 31 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON..RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN
WESTERN GEORGIA..SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN.

REPEATING...HEAVY RAINS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM THIS
EVENING...WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TURNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION..OR LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO..FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
205 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

AT 200 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN MONROE THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND SOUTH
WEST OF THERE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAREST A TOWN OR CITY WAS A LARGE STORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FORSYTHR IN MONROE COUNTY.  ANOTHER WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENNA IN
DOOLY COUNTY.

AS STORMS APPROACH SEVERE INTENSITY WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED PROMPTLY
FOR AREAS AFFECTED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
225 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST
GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON
AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...
WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA. THIS
ACTIVITY WAS IN A BAND ABOUT 75 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDED
FROM NEAR ROME TO ALBANY GEORGIA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 25 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
250 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA TO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF REYNOLDS.

ANOTHER GROWING LARGE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH IN
MONROE COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED SEVERE INTENSITY BUT HAVE SHOWN
SMALL HAIL WIND GUST OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL OR NOAA RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
325 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST
GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON
AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE
OVER WESTERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE IN A BAND ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDED FROM ROME TO
ATLANTA AND CORDELE GEORGIA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO NEWBERRY AND COLUMBIA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 25 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
417 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR MOST COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR COLQUITT AND PELHAM IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ACROSS THE ALBANY AREA
TO NEAR OGLETHORPE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS..TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.