Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1203 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

AT 1201 PM EDT ATHENS RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA AND MOVING INTO THE ATHENS
AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER IN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE INCLUDING
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY
UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
YOUR AREA TAKE SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA MOVING INTO NORTH
CAROLINA.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1225 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
  TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS..

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS.

THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ACTIVITY INCLUDE..

..TENNESSEE..
..PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI..
..PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA..
..PART OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA..
SEVERAL TORNADO WATCHES ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OHIO
AND TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN U.S. THIS IS PRODUCING A STRONG THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.  INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL BRING A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS NORTH FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO..SETTING THE STAGE FOR EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVING ACROSS
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PROVIDE THE
ENERGY FOR TORNADOES..STRONG DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. A PRONOUNCED MID LEVEL DRY INTRUSION MOVING ACROSS THE MID AND
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL ALSO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

DURING THE MORNING HOURS..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN REPORTED IN KENTUCKY..ARKANSAS..ALABAMA..AND MISSISSIPPI.
THREE TORNADOES PRODUCING DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY SINCE 9 AM EDT.

THE THREAT OF DAMAGING TORNADOES AND STRONG DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY AREA.
IN GEORGIA THE SEVER WEATHER WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES
...AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.  THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SHOULD BE
MONITORED CLOSELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1245 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PUSHED ACROSS THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA
BORDER INTO WEST PARTS OF FLOYD COUNTY. CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN FLOYD COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST
HOUR. THE STORMS WERE SHOWING A MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40
MPH.

MEANWHILE..SHOWERS THAN SOAKED THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA THIS
MORNING HAVE MOVED EAST. HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE REDEVELOPING
OVER HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOOZN AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM.
RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
145 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...
LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 130 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE NEAR THE CITY
OF ATHENS.  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AS WELL AS NORTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE..SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.
REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS IN OR
NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF APPROACHING BAD
WEATHER.f

STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
145 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...
LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL
800 PM EDT...

AT 230 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE HAIL...WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE 20 MILES EAST OF
ATHENS.  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED FORM THIS THUNDERSTORM DURING THE PAST HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA 10 MILES
EAST OF CEDARTOWN AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROME.

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED OVER SPARTANBURG SOUTH
CAROLINA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN
HALF OF GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS IN OR
NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF APPROACHING BAD
WEATHER.

STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
145 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA
   UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF THE WEST CENTRAL
INCLUDING TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES.

AT 130 PM NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT
MAINLY THE NORTHWEST PART OF GEORGIA. RADAR INDICATED A STORM IN FLOYD
COUNTY AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING HAVE OCCURRED IN
FLOYD COUNTY. STORMS WERE SHOWING A MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS PERSONS IN THE
WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR QUICK UPDATES.