Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1219 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 71 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF SOUTH GEORGIA...BAKER CALHOUN CLAY DOUGHERTY EARLY MILLER
MITCHELL. HOWEVER...THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR PEOPLE IN COLQUITT...COOK
AND TIFT COUNTIES UNTIL 1 PM.

AT 1210 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF
MOULTRIE GEORGIA...ALSO BETWEEN THOMASVILLE AND QUITMAN.  RAIN AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER A LARGE AREA FROM NEAR MACON
TO VALDOSTA GEORGIA INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 TO
50 MPH.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOWCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
120 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...AT 1 PM THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
GEORGIA EXPIRED...

A LARGE AREA OF S	HOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF GEORGIA. ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAINED IN
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE NEAR ALBANY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AROUND 30 MPH.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
330 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...FREEZE WARNING FOR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...

FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT SPRING HAD SPRUNG DUE TO THE LAST FEW WEEKS
UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER...SURPRISE. WINTER WILL RETURN TONIGHT
BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
REMEMBER IT IS STILL MARCH AND SPRING DOES NOT OFFICIALLY ARRIVE
UNTIL MARCH THE 20TH.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDED THE FRONT AND DRAMATICALLY COLDER AIR
FOLLOWS IT. TEMPERATURES IN THE COLD CANADIAN ARCTIC AIR MASS BEHIND THE
FRONT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH
SNOW BEING REPORTED AT SOME STATIONS IN TENNESSEE. HOWEVER...THE ONLY SNOW
EXPECTED IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.

AS THE COLD AIR SWEEPS INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT THE MERCURY WILL
DROP TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVER THE NORTH TONIGHT. THUS A FREEZE
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PORTION OF THE
STATE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBERTAN IN ALBERT COUNTY TO COVINGTON IN
NEWTON COUNTY TO NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY.

WITH THE WARM SPRING WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS NEW GROWTH HAS APPEARED
ON PLANTS...SOME GARDENS HAVE BEEN PLANTED AND OTHER EARLY SPRING
ACTIVITIES HAVE BEGUN. THUS IF ANY TENDER VEGETATION OR YOUNG PLANTS ARE
OUTSIDE PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT THEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS AS IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WEEK
BEFORE THE MERCURY BEGINS TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING MARK AT NIGHT.

OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THE MERCURY WILL FALL INTO THE MID
30S AND DIP TO NEAR 40 IN THE EXTREME SOUTH TONIGHT.

AS THE COLD AIR WORKS ITS WAY SOUTH AND SKIES CLEAR COMPLETELY ON
WEDNESDAY...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE STATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUS RESIDENTS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MAY WISH TO TAKE ADVANCE
PRECAUTIONS FOR FREEZING OR BELOW TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NIGHT.
LOOKS AS IF WINTER HAS RETURNED.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA...CORRECTION TO SPELLING OF
330 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992            ELBERTON

...FREEZE WARNING FOR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...

FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT SPRING HAD SPRUNG DUE TO THE LAST FEW WEEKS
UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER...SURPRISE. WINTER WILL RETURN TONIGHT
BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
REMEMBER IT IS STILL MARCH AND SPRING DOES NOT OFFICIALLY ARRIVE
UNTIL MARCH THE 20TH.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDED THE FRONT AND DRAMATICALLY COLDER AIR
FOLLOWS IT. TEMPERATURES IN THE COLD CANADIAN ARCTIC AIR MASS BEHIND THE
FRONT HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH
SNOW BEING REPORTED AT SOME STATIONS IN TENNESSEE. HOWEVER...THE ONLY SNOW
EXPECTED IN GEORGIA SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.

AS THE COLD AIR SWEEPS INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT THE MERCURY WILL
DROP TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVER THE NORTH TONIGHT. THUS A FREEZE
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PORTION OF THE
STATE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELBERTAN IN ELBERT COUNTY TO COVINGTON IN
NEWTON COUNTY TO NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY.

WITH THE WARM SPRING WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS NEW GROWTH HAS APPEARED
ON PLANTS...SOME GARDENS HAVE BEEN PLANTED AND OTHER EARLY SPRING
ACTIVITIES HAVE BEGUN. THUS IF ANY TENDER VEGETATION OR YOUNG PLANTS ARE
OUTSIDE PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT THEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS AS IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WEEK
BEFORE THE MERCURY BEGINS TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING MARK AT NIGHT.

OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THE MERCURY WILL FALL INTO THE MID
30S AND DIP TO NEAR 40 IN THE EXTREME SOUTH TONIGHT.

AS THE COLD AIR WORKS ITS WAY SOUTH AND SKIES CLEAR COMPLETELY ON
WEDNESDAY...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE STATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUS RESIDENTS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MAY WISH TO TAKE ADVANCE
PRECAUTIONS FOR FuREEZING OR BELOW TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NIGHT.
LOOKS AS IF WINTER HAS RETURNED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
435 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL
   MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 430 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MOVING
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO
GAINESVILLE TO CONYERS AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
DURING THE PAST HOUR A RADIO STATION REPORTED SMALL HAIL JUST
NORTH OF CLAYTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AND JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS
AND POSSIBLY OTHERS TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN TIP
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND PATCHES OF RAIN CONTINUED OVER WEST CENTRAL
SOUTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
500 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH FULTON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO CUMMING IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE
CELLS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THESE CELLS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

PERSONS IN NORTH FULTON...FORSYTH...GWINETT...AND NORTH DEKALB SHOULD
BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE
PRECAUTIONS.