Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Atlanta, GA

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
300 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY, GEORGIA
SOURCE...... ALBANY FIRE DEPT.
TIME........ 145 PM EDT
LOCATION.... EAST SIDE OF ALBANY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... 30 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE (APPROX. $30,000)
             2 NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS WITH BUILDING AND CAR DAMAGE
                 (NO DOLLAR ESTIMATE)
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED
DEATHS...... NONE REPLORTED

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
330 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

COUNTY.....  BEN HILL (FIPS 017)
SOURCE.....  IRWIN COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVE
TIME.......  220 PM EDT
LOCATIVON...  SOUTH OF BOWENS MILL GEORGIA ON HWY 129
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......  NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE.....  TREES DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES.
INJURIES...  NONE KNOWN
COST.......  UNKNOWN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
429 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCDH FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BUT SEVERE
WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT.

GAZ128-130-131-192235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
432 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR BEN HILL - IRWIN- AND
TURNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 430 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
GEORGIA ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO AUGUSTA.

HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA WAS OCCURRING FROM
SYLYESTER TO ASHBURN...AND JUST SOUTH OF OCILLA TO ALAPAHA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO ORV TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GAZ120>127-129-142>147-192245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
443 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 452 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 454 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR MOST OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA.  THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE SWIFTLY ACROSS
SOUTH GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

GAZ029-192200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT INCLUDED ELBERT COUNTY OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN NO LONGER IN EFFECT.