Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Atlanta, GA

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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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
430 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.

A 50 MILE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
WERE OCCURRING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA THROUGH
ATLANTA INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TO NEAR EASTMAN. THE THUNDERSTORM
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY AND
NEARING SOUTHERN MORGAN AND NORTHERN PUTNAM.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA WITH A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 23 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
506 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...

AT 445 PM EDT A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 445 PM EDT A BAND OF THUNDER-
STORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
WERE MOVING NORTH AT 23 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT
CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE FORMATION OF A TORNADO.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER
SITUATION FROM NOAA RADIO AND/OR THEIR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION
FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY

AT 530 PM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...EXTENDED FROM DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA TO 20 MILES WEST
OF ATHENS TO SPARTA GEORGIA. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT
20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WERE OVER HALL...OCONEE AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OC0CURRING OVER
MOST OF GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA.

MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR.