Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1140 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLUMBUS GA AND PHENIX
CITY AL UNTIL 3 AM EST TONIGHT...

AT 1130 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. A SOLID AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FROM MCDONOUGH TO LAGRANGE GEORGIA AND
IN ALABAMA FROM JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO EAST OF ROCKFORD.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THIS AREA FROM LAGRANGE TO NORTH OF HOGANSVILLE
AND NEAR FAYETTEVILLE TO WEST OF MCDONOUGH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING A
LITTLE SOUTH OF DUE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALSO WITH A
FEW OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CRHANGING WEATHER AND
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1145 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

COUNTY........ OCONEE COUNTY

SOURCE........ HAM RADIO SPOTTER

TIME..........1140 PM EST

LOCATION......OCONEE COUNTY` HIGH SCHOOL

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL..........GOLF BALL SIZE

DAMAGE........UNKNOWN

INJURIES......NONE

GAZ006-220600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1225 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED FOR JASPER COUNTY AT 12:15 AM...

AT 1220 AM RADAR IN MACON CONTINUED TO INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY MOVING INTO PUTNAM COUNTY.  THERE HAVE BEEN
NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THE STORMS REMAINED VERY STRONG AND COULD
STILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONROE COUNTY AFTER 12:30 AM CST.  THIS STORM IS
BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE ACTIVITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES
OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE.
.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
3 AM EST.

GAZ006-220600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1225 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED FOR JASPER COUNTY AT 12:15 AM...

AT 1220 AM RADAR IN MACON CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY MOVING INTO PUTNAM COUNTY.  THERE HAVE BEEN
NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THE STORMS REMAINED VERY STRONG AND COULD
STILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONROE COUNTY AFTER 12:30 AM EST.  THIS STORM IS
BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE ACTIVITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES
OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE.
.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL
3 AM EST.

...CORRECTED CST TO EST IN BODY OF STATEMENT...

GAZ006-220700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
110 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3AM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 107 AM EST... RADAR AT MACON WAS INDICATING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO FORSYTH.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA WAS JUST A FEW MILES NORTH OF GRAY...
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MACON. THIS STORM WAS NOT SEVERE BUT COULD PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS IT MOVES TOWARDS
MILLEDGEVILLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES
OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE.

GAZ003>005-220730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
115 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 3 AM EST...

AT 110 AM RADAR SHOWED A 50 MILE WIND BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM
THE LAGRANGE AND NEWNAN VICINTIES EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH FORSYTH AND
CONVINGTON TO THE LINCOLNTON GEORGIA AREA. THESES SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT NEARLY 70 MILES
AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE
NEAR FAYETTEVILLE...NEAR WOODBURY...AND NEAR JACKSON. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY AT ANY TIME. PERSONS IN NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.