Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1989

BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS
THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN
BETWEEN MACON AND COLUMBUS...BUT MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING IN
THE VICINITY OF ATLANTA AT 1230 PM.

SINCE 8 AM...ATLANTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN DE KALB COUNTY HAS REPORTED
TWO INCHES OF RAIN...AND SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS
HAS OCCURRED IN DE KALB COUNTY.

AT 1245 PM...PEACHTREE CREEK WAS AT 10.1 FEET AND RISING STEADILY.
A CREST OF BETWEEN 12 AND 13 FEET IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IF MORE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THE ACzTUAL CREST MAY
BE MUCH HIGHER.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD PRONE
AREAS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
215 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BIBB COUNTY EXPIRED....

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BIBB COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT CAUSED THE WIND DAMAGE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED NORTHEAST INTO JONES COUNTY.

AT 210 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS WEST BALDWIN...THROUGH BIBB...PEACH...
AND HOUSTON COUNTIES INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF BIBB COUNTY WITH MORE HEAVY
RAIN EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.  STREET FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF
LOW AREAS AND AREAS SUBJECT FOR FLOODING IS LIKELY IN BIBB AND ADJACENT
COUNTIES.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
400 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989

COUNTY..... CRAWFORD
SOURCE..... CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF
TIME....... 1245 PM EDT JUL 3, 1989
LOCATION... NEAR ROBERTA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
WIDTH...... NA
LENGTH..... NA
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... FEW TREES BROKEN OR UPROOTED
TREES...... FEW BROKEN OR UPROOTED
INJURES.... NONE
COST....... UNKNOWN
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... NONE

GEORGIA PROWER REPORTED MINOR POWER DISRUPTIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORM
MOVED ACROSS BIBB COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM EDT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
515 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989

AT 510 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN WEST DODGE COUNTY 12 MILES WEST OF EASTMAN AND
IN DOOLY COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF VIENNA. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
15 MILES AN HOUR.

STREET FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS LIKELY IN PARTS OF VIENNA AND EASTMAN IN
THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO A RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER REPORT ON THESE STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989

...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON SOAKS THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA...

AS OF 5PM EDT...THE OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE WAS 3.61 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CAUSED LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SOME STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS. SO FAR THE FLOODING HAS BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE WATER HAS
RECEDED AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE ABUNDANT RAINFALL
ALREADY RECEIVED...ANY SUBSEQUENT SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY SMALL STREAMS
AND DRAINAGE BASINS ARE NEAR FULL...AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE FORECAST
TOMORROW.
RESIDENTS OF COLUMBUS...AS WELL AS THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE FLOODING POSSIBILITY DURING
HEAVY RAIN PERIODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.
REMAIN INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989

...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON SOAK THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA...

AS OF 5PM EDT...THE OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE WAS 3.61 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CAUSED LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SOME STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS. SO FAR THE FLOODING HAS BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE WATER HAS
RECEDED AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE ABUNDANT RAINFALL
ALREADY RECEIVED...ANY SUBSEQUENT SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY SMALL STREAMS
AND DRAINAGE BASINS ARE NEAR FULL...AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE FORECAST
THROUGH TOMORROW.
RESIDENTS OF COLUMBUS...AS WELL AS THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE FLOODING POSSIBILITY DURING
HEAVY RAIN PERIODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.
REMAIN INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS.