Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES..

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
IS FORECASTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCLUDE GEORGIA...EXTREME NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA...AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING OVER
THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
...OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING TORNADOES...HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND THESE STRONG STORMS ARE CONTINUING EARLY
THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME
WESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 4 AM...AND A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 10 EST. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD IT IS
LIKELY THAT A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF
GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND EASTERN GEORGIA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO...
TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WATCH4ES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION
AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
800 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUSD FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST..
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00
PM EST. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IS FORECASTING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. LATE LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG WINDS...AND SEVERAL TORNADOES OVER MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.
THESE TORNADOES CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI.

AT 8:00 AM EST...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WEATHER HAD REACHED EXTREME
NORTHWEST GEORGIA. WEATHER SHOULD BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN
COUNTIES OF GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH
WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
UNTIL 2:00 PM EST.

RESIDENTS OF EASTERN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES EAST. BY AFTERNOON...ANOTHER WATCH MAY
BE NECESSARY.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO...
TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION
AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

GAZ002-004-221945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
836 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PARTION OF NORTHERN
GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST...THIS WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL..
JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...RABUN...
STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON AND WHITE.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE
MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...AREA EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HA
AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

PERSONS IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA ADVISED TO
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER.

...STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
836 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PARTION OF NORTHERN
GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST...THIS WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL..
JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...RABUN...
STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON AND WHITE.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE
MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...AREA EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE
AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGHAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

PERSONS IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA ADVISED TO
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER.

...STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...

GAZ006-008-009-221400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
935 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM FOR THE WEST
HALF OF GEORGIA. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE WATCH EXTENDS EASTWARD TO
AROUND EATONTON...MACON...HAWKINSVILLE...ASBURN...AND TO MOULTRIE
IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

AT 930 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ALABAMA MOVING EAST TOWARD
GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE IN ALABAMA EARLY
THIS MORNING. THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE STATE
AND PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY NOON TODAY.

LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS
THAT CARRY TIMELY WEA\THER UPDATES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
942 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM EST.......

WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHLAND TO PINE APPLE
ALBAMA...WITH THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR
ROCKFORD TO WETUMPKA ALABAMA.  THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO EAST
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

AS THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO GEORGIA WE CAN EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS...LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF
TORNADOES REMAINS A REAL THREAT...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES MAY ALSO
A REALITY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS.