Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZ001-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
222 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THE SOUTHERN
BORDER OF THE WATCH AREA EXTENDS INTO CHATTOOGA...GORDON AND GILMER
COUNTIES WHILE THE EASTERN EDGE EXTENDS INTO FANNIN COUNTY.

AT 215 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA DID NOT INDICATE ANY SEVERE
WEATHER IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...A 25 MILE WIDE BAND OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS HAS DEVELOPED FROM NEAR ROME NORTHEAST TO BLAIRSVILLE IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST GEORGIA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.

INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA ALONG WITH
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO
REACH SEVERE LEVELS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IN
THE WATCH AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STRONGER STORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREAS.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

ZALESKI