Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
832 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 1989

   ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 830 AM EDT A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WERE
OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM BARNESVILLE TO
CONYERS TO LULA. THIS BAND WAS 10 MILES WIDE AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

PERSONS IN HALL...WALTON...BARROW...BANKS...WHITE AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSILBE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
910 AM EDT MON JUN 20 1989

COUNTY..... TWIGGS
SOURCE....  JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIME......  414 PM EDT JUNE 19, 1989
LOCATION... JEFFERSONVILLE GEORGIA.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
WIDTH...... NA
LENGTH..... NA
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AROUND
            CITY.
TREES...... NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
INJURES.... N*ONE
COST....... UNKNOWN
WATCHES.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 515.
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 358 PM TO 445 PM EDT.
            6/19/89.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1000 AM EDT MON JUNE 20 1989

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

AT AT 950 AM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTH
GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE STATE TODAY.
WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS ANY HEAVY
RAINS DURING THE DAY COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND
CREEKS RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

REMEMBER..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO RESPOND
QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PERSONS WITHIN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THE
THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO.

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1125 AM EDT MON JUN 19 1989

     .....SOAKING RAINS THREATEN METRO ATLANTA.....

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP SUBSTANTIAL
RAINFALL OVER THE ENTIRE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. MORE THAN AN INCH
OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11 AM AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. 2.10
INCHES WAS MEASURED IN FAYETTE COUNTY SINCE AROUND 8 AM. RADAR
CONTINUES TO SHOW A WIDE AREA OF RAIN LATE THIS MORNING OVER WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THE PRESENT HEAVY RAINFALL RELEASE IS OCCURRING OVER WELL SATURATED
GROUND. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS MUCH MORE RAIN IS AVAILABLE FOR
IMMEDIATE RUNOFF. THIS GREATLY ENHANCES THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

PERSONS IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS
THREAT. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO
QUICK FLOODING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO THE
DANGER OF HYDROPLANING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION BY
LISTENING TO THIS RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND OTHER
STATEMENTS.

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.