Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
445 PM EDT WED AUG 18 1993

AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDER-
STORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME HAD BECOME
RATHER INTENSE...AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
SOME HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH MOST OF THE STORMS.

AT 440 THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA.
THEY WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM BETWEEN ROCKMART AND TALLAPOOSA SOUTH
TO NEAR NEWNAN AND LA GRANGE.

STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ERUPT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HEAT...SO
PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. BE PREPARED TO
QUICKLY SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
440 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE NORTH TWO THIRDS OF
GEORGIA EXTENDING INTO ADJACENTA AREAS OF EAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST
SOUTH CAROLINA AND WEST SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH OF AIKEN.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS
LOCATED JUST INSIDE THE ALABAMA BORDER NORTHWEST OF LAGRANGE. MOST
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LAGRANGE EAST TO JUST TO
THE SOUTH OF AUGUSTA. A FEW WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
AROUND THE CEDARTOWN AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORRMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY
CAUSE SOME STREET AND SMALL STREAME FLOODING ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
530 PM EDT WED AUG 18 1993

AT 525 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDER-
STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF CHATTOOGA
COUNTY NEAR CLOUDLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20
MILES AN HOUR.

NORTHWEST GEORGIA'S THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A LARGER AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM NORTH CAROLINA WEST
ACROSS TENNESSEE. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
NORTHERN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT ON ALL OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
WITH THE AFTERNOON HEAT AS FUEL...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF DAY AND THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY
SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.