Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA

GAZAL048-160120-

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA...TROUP AND MERIWETHER
COUNTIES IN GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  AT
THAT TIME...NO OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING SOUTH OF THESE
STORMS.  NEVERTHELESS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER MOST OF
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

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

STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA
730 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

COUNTY.....  JASPER...FIRS 159
SOURCE.....  HAM RADIO OPERATOR
TIME.......  AROUND 7 PM
LOCATION...  6 MILES NORTHWEST OFF MONTICELLO
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WIDTH......  NA
LENGTH.....  NA
HAIL.......  DIME SIZE
DAMAGE.....  UNKN
TREES......  NA
INJURIES...  NA
COST.......  UNKN

GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-
035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-160000-

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...
LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM...HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON
AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 01:00 AM EDT...

AT 730 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE INDICATED OVER JASPER AND PUTMAN COUNTIES..STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA WEST OF ROME
AND CEDARTOWN AS WELL AS OVER LAGRANGE.

RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AAND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED OVER MOST
OF GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO COLUMBIA
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS LIVING
IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS
OF APPROACHING BAD WEATHER.

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

GAZ120>126-142>145-160155-

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100 IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND QUITMAN COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED FEW
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY BETWEEN DAWSON AND
SMITHVILLE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  SO
FAR...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED IN THE WATCH AREA OF SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

GAZALL-160100-

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

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM
   EDT...

AT 750 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
TROUP...MERIWETHER COUNTY LINE AND ALONG THE SPALDING...BUTTS COUNTY
LINE THAT WERE PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE ARE
POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED NORTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS SINCE THE ATMOSPHERE STILL
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING.

ZALESKI

GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-
035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-160200-

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...
LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM...HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON
AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

AT 830 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE
LOCATED NEAR EATONTON AND NEAR UNION POINT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA EXTENDING
FROM NEAR ELIJAY TO CARROLLTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED SOUTH OF ATLANTA...NEAR VAUGHN
GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE RAIN  AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEEE INTO THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS LIVING
IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS
OF APPROACHING BAD WEATHER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.