Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN VICINITY SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA WERE 1O MILES
NORTHWEST OF TALLASSEE AND 5 MILES WEST OF OPELIKA.  WHILE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...THE AREA OF
RAIN AND STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN VICINITY CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO APPROACH WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

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