Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1139 AM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME
TO DAWSONVILLE TO TOCCOA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ROME...DALTON
...CHATSWORTH...BLAIRSVILLE...AND CLAYTON.

AT 1135 AM RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS WITH WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NEARLY ALL THE  WESTERN
PART OF THE WATCH AREA. 0.14 INCHES FELL AT ROME IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
THE SHOWERS WERE SHOWING A SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT WHICH ADDS TO A QUICK
RESOAKING OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND PRODUCES A STRONG RUNOFF.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF THIS WEATHER
SITUATION. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AND CREATE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS WHICH CAUSES SKIDS.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN RISE RAPIDLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS AND
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. KNOWN AREAS OF POOR DRAINGAGE OR OTHER
FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING REGIONS MIGHT BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE...DON'T
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MANY
DEATHS OCCUR EACH pYEAR WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH SWOLLEN
STREAMS AND CREEKS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO THIS STATION.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1200 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

COUNTY..... LAURENS
SOURCE..... C.D. GEROGE BRACEWELL
TIME....... 505 PM EDT JUNE 21, 1989
LOCATION... EAST DUBLIN GA. SOUTHEAST PAPER COMPANY CONSTRUCTION SITE
            AND CADWELL GA. 15 SOUTHWEST DUBLIN.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
WIDTH...... NA
LENGTH..... NA
HAIL....... NONE
DAMAGE..... STACKS OF SHEET METAL BLOWN OFF CONSTRUCTION SITE. SHEET
            METAL BLOWN OFF BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ALSO SEVERAL
            PORTABLE JOHNS BLOWN OFF AND AROUND CONSTRUCTION SITE.
TREES...... NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR CADWELL.
INJURES.... NONE
COST....... UNKNOWN
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 435 PM TO 530 PM EDT...
            6/21/89.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
130 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO NEAR
LAKE SIDNEY LANIER THEN TO CARROLLTON GEORGIA. THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 20 MPH. HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE ADJOINING STATES.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
230 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM
HIAWASSE TO GAINESVILLE AND EAST OF ATLANTA NEAR CONYERS. THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 25 MPH ACCOMPANIED
BY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE AzLSO INDICATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA NEAR CLAYTON.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE ADJOINING STATES.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 25 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
 240PM EDT JUNE 223, 1989

HALL COUNTY EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THEIR COUNTY AT
235PM EDT.
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THE INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO NEAR
GAINESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WINDER.

THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WILL ELEMENTS MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WITH THE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS TODAY.