Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
255 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1989

AT 245 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSHOWERS
SCATTERED FROM NEAR LUMPKIN GEORGIA INTO ALABAMA TO NORTH OF SEALE AND
JUST EAST OF TUSKEGEE. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN ANOTHER LARGE AREA
OF RAIN THAT WAS OCCURRING FROM RICHLAND AND EDISON GEORGIA TO
WETUMPKA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN
EXPECT MORE HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE HEAVY STREET FLOODING AND
SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS AND DRIANAGE DITCHES TO BECOME FULL AMD
OVERFLOWING. WITH 5.45 INCHES OF RAIN ON METROPOLITAN COLUMBUS AND
PHENIX CITY YESTERDAY THE GROUND AND WATER SHED LAKES ARE FULL AND
FLOODING WILL OCCUR QUICKLY. EVERYONE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ACROSS
COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SINCE
FLASH FLOODING IS IN A HIGH PROBABILITY. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1989

AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROAD BAND OF RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM THE WEST AND
THE SOUTHWEST. THE BAND OF RAIN WAS FROM NEAR LAGRANGE SOUTHEASTWARD
TO 20 MILES WEST OF MACON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARNER ROBINS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT VALLEY
IN PEACH COUNTY.

ALL THE RAIN AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT AT
THE SAME TIME LOCAL CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO NEAR THUNDERSTORM
STRENGTH. WE COULD SUDDENLY HAVE A THUNDERSTORM RIGHT HERE WITH LITTLE
ADVANCE NOTICE.

THESE STORMS COULD I&NTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR MORE
ON THESE STORMS AS MACON WEATHER RADAR CHECKS THEIR PROGRESS.

SPECIA KATL 042210
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
605 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH METRO AREA...

AT 600 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN AREA OF ATLANTA. THEY EXTENDED FROM
FAIRBURN IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY EASTWARD ACROSS FAYETTE AND HENRY
COUNTIES TO JACKSON IN BUTTS COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL BRING SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST
PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

WITH THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF QUICKLY
FLOODING STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY PROLONGED DOWNPOURS AND AVOID KNOWN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
710 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1989

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR ATLANTA
SOUTHEAST TO NEAR SPARTA IN HANCOCK COUNTY.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES...GREENE...
MORGAN AND NEWTON WITHIN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON ITS WAY NORTHEASTWARD.

PERSONS IN THOSE COUNTIES AND COUNTIES TO THE NORTH SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS AND ACCOMPANING WEATHER.

LISTEN TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIOS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.