Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 20, 1989

...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS NOW OCCRING IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

NARROW BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURING FROM NEAR TOCCOA TO JUST
NORTH OF JEFFERSON TO JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN , GEORGIA.

STROMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE SAME AREA CASUSING HEAVY SHOWER
AFTER HEAVY SHOWER WITH RAINFALL RATES GREATER THAN AN INCH AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE
VERY WATCHFUL TO THE AREA AROUND THEM . WITH SUCH HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES THE WATER CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY CUTTING OFF ROUTES OF ESCAPE.

DO NOT PUT OFF MOVING OUT IF RAINFALL RATES ARE HEAVY IN YOUR AREA.
YOUR LIFE MAY COUNT ON YOUR PROMPT ACTION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
135 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1989

BAND OF HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO NEAR
WALHALLA IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO NEAR WINDER GEORGIA TO NEAR GRIFFIN
GEORGIA AND ALSO IN THE ATLANTA AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN THIS BAND
GREATER THAN ONE INCH AN HOUR.

STREAMS IN HABERSAHM COUNTY ARE RISING AT A RAPIDED RATE CASUSING
SOME ROADS TO BE CLOSED. MANY COUNTIES IN THE ATLANTA AREA ARE
NOW UNDER FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHILE MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA REMAINS
UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN GENERAL AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS  75 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA NORTHEAST THROUGH GEORGIA TO NEAR ASHEVILLE
NORTH CAROLINA WITH OTHER SHOWERS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLIA.

ELEMENTS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
218 PM EDT TUE JUNE 20 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST..CENTRAL..AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   FOR TODAY...

AT AT 210 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO TURNER COUNTY SOUTH OF
REBECCA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD BEN HILL AND
WILCOX COUNTIES.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING STRENGTH IN A LINE FROM NORTH OF
ABBEVILLE SOUTH TO NEAR REBECCA. THESE NEWLY FORMED STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES
AN HOUR COME WITH THESE STORMS. LOW AREAS COULD FLOOD QUICKLY AS
THIS LINE OF STORMS FOLLOWS ONE AFTER ANOTHER THROUGH TURNER..BEN HILL
AND WILCOX COUNTIES IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 220PM TUE JUN 20, 1989

 COOP OBSERVER IN GAINESVILLE , GEORGIA, REPORTS 3 INCHES OF
RAIN IN PAST 24 HOURS..

PD IN WINDER , GEORGIA,! REPORTS FLOODING OF UNDERPASS IN THAT
CITY..

HABERSHAM EOC REPORTS ROAD IN NORTH PART OF THAT COUNTY CLOSED
DUE TO 3 FOOT  OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AND STILL RISING.
MORE ROADS LIKELY TO BECOME CLOSE...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
335 PM TUE JUN 20, 1989

 COOP OBSERVER 6 NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON, GEORGIA, REPORTS 3.63 INCHES
OF RAIN IN PAST 15 HOURS.

LAKE BURTON IN RABUN CO(UNTY NEAR BANK FULL AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
243 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1989

AT 235 PM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM NEAR BARNESVILLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH
CONYERS TO JUST SOUTH OF TOCCOA IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS BAND
WAS 8 MILES WIDE AND WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THESE COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOODING FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. BANKS...BARROW...HABERSHAM
...HALL...JACKSON...STEPHENS AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA ARE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 515 PM EDT THIS
3AFTERNOON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.