Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AT THAT TIME THEY WERE
WIDELY SCATTERED AND EXTENDED FROM THE ROME AND CHATSWORTH AREAS SOUTH
TO NEAR CARROLLTON AND THEN SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE GREATER ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. STORMS WERE DRIFTING TOWARD
THE SOUTH.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE
ALL LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

SINCE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE INZ NORTHWEST
GEORGIA THIS EVENING...PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
530 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN TIP OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER BANKS COUNTY
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH
AT 10 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT0 10 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
630 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM NORTHWEST OF ATHENS...NEAR JEFFERSON AND EXTEND TO
NEAR DAHLONEGA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR
CLAYTON IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL
ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL
GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
730 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
FROM THE ATHENS AREA TO WINDER AND DAHLONEGA. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSlTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WESTERN
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
733 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 725 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM MACON TO SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA. ONE OF THE STRONGEST
STORMS WAS NEAR REYNOLDS AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA. THIS AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

PERSONS IN MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES OF GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER WHEN THEY COME NEAR.
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN zTO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
745 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS IN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA...

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED IN PARTS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THEY WERE
PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AS THEY DRIFTED SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA.

PEOPLE IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES SHOULD BE
BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IN A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.