Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZ066-151945-

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

AT 245 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN TROUP COUNTY WEST OF LAGRANGE. THIS
STORM WILL HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY
SOME HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TROUP COUNTY.

REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING.

GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>045-052>055-066>067-152045-

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

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

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

AT 255 PM MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA WAS BEING SOAKED BY MODERATE RAINFALL.
RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN TROUP COUNTY AT THAT TIME. EARLIER..
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR..LIGHTNING STARTED A HOUSE FIRE IN HARALSON COUNTY
AND 40 MPH WINDS WERE ESTIMATED WHEN THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH HARALSON
COUNTY.

MEANWHILE..WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS PEOPLE
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

REMEMBER..THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR QUICK UPDATES ON THESE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

GAZ032-033-044-053-054-055-152130-

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

AT 320 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME OF
THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AND COWETA COUNTY
NEAR NEWNAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG &GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

GAZAL048-152040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS,    GEORGIA
339 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA...

AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED
THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS TEN MILES SOUTH OF SEALE ALABAMA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ALTHOUGH NO
WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS...SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS pEVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GAZAL048-152040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS,    GEORGIA
339 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA...

AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED
THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS TEN MILES SOUTH OF SEALE ALABAMA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ALTHOUGH NO
WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS...SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS vEVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-
035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-152100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
345 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 330 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE INDICATED OVER ATLANTA AND 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTA.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED JUST EAST OF LAGRANGE AND
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTERSVILLE.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF A 100 MILE WIDE AREA THAR EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE TRI-CITIES
AIRPORT IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE TO MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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 WARNING~S.