Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT 502 EXPIRATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1120AM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 445 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 502 EXPIRED AT 11 AM...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 445 PM FOR A LARGE
PART OF NORTH...WEST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

AT 1115 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTH...CENTRAL..AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AS WELL AS EAST ALABAMA. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE WEST OF ROBERTA...AND EAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE AND
MT VERNON.

MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTHEAST GULF AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO GEORGIA AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN OR NEAR FLOOD PRONE
AREAS...AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
138 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT

AT 136 PM WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED THAT MOST OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA WITH MODERATED RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS.
THE MOST NOTABLE OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED AT THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ALBANY...ADEL AND IN THE VALDOSTA GEORGIA.  THIS
ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE BEING OBSERVED OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND SOUTH ALABAMA
AND GEORGIA...MOVING NORTHEAST. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
PREVIOUS RAINS IN SOME AREAS...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG
GUuSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO A THREAT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
150 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 6 PM.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH...WEST CENTRAL...AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 445 PM.

AT 145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SHORT LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GORDON TO JEFFERSONVILLE AND COCHRAN.
THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN JEFFERSONVILLE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN BUT
NO HIGH WIND OR LIGHTNING AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.

IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTOMS WERE OCCURRING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LOW AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD OR IF CREEKS
AND STREAMS BEGIN TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
...NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 6 PM.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH...WEST CENTRAL...AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 445 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL
GEORGIA COUNTIES...WILKINSON...LAURENS...TREUTLEN...WHEELER...TELFAIR...
AND MONTGOMERY.

AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR SANDERSVILLE TO SOPERTON...MOVING RAPIDLY EAST.

IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTOMS WAS OCCURRING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF LOW AREAS BEGING TO FLOOD OR IF CREEKS AND STREAMS
 BEGIN TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

                 ...PEACHTREE CREEK HAS BEGUN TO FALL...

  RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
AND AS A RESULT CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE CITY... INCLUDING PEACHTREE
CREEK... HAVE BEGUN TO LEVEL OFF AND RECEDE.

  AT 300 PM EDT... THE STAGE AT THE NORTHSIDE DRIVE BRIDGE OVER
PEACHTREE CREEK WAS 12.1 FEET AND THE CREEK WAS FALLING SLOWLY.
PEACHTREE CREEK APPARENTLY CRESTED NEAR 13 FEET AT THE NORTHSIDE DRIVE
GAGE AROUND 2 PM TODAY.

  THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MAY OCCUR IN THE ATLANTA AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE UNIFORMLY HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE PEACHTREE CREEK TO START RISING
AGAIN. PEACHTREE CREEK AS WELL AS OTHER METRO ATLANTA CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL.
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  UNLESS RAINFALL BECOMES UNEXPECTEDLY HEAVY AGAIN THIS EVENING...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON PEACHTREE CREEK.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
318 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 1989

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT....

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 503 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL
GEORGIA. HOWEVER LIGHT AND MODERATE RAINS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STILL MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR
ANY CHANGES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THIS ACTIVITY CAN STILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AN
D OTHER
NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION.