Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Atlanta, GA

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
155 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989

...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 150 PM RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF ATHENS. OTHER
SPOTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN MEASURED
AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT AND IT WAS STILL RAINING. PERSONS THROUGHOUT
NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.

SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAY BE NEAR BANKFULL FROM
HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS WELL
AS CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY.

SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE ENFORCED IN THE VICINITY OF EARTHEN DAMS
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...AND
RAIN STILL FALLING...THE GROUND IS GETTING SOFT...THEREFORE IF
RAINFALL OF THESE INTENSITIES CONTINUE A DAMBREAK COULD BECOME
A REAL POSSIBILITY. PERSONS DOWNSTREAM OF A DAM SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF FLOODING BECOMES A REALITY.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. A FLOOD
WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA.

KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR CONTINOUS
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
215 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 1989

 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA...

AT 210 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIFT AND COLQUITT COUNTIES IN SOUTH
GEORGIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AROUND 130 PM SOME WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE FUNSTON COMMUNITY
IN COLQUITT COUNTY.  IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...RESIDENTS
OF SOUTH GEORGIA NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO DATE IN HEADING ONLY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
215 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989

 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA...

AT 210 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIFT AND COLQUITT COUNTIES IN SOUTH
GEORGIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AROUND 130 PM SOME WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE FUNSTON COMMUNITY
IN COLQUITT COUNTY.  IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...RESIDENTS
OF SOUTH GEORGIA NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
6 00 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 1989

COUNTY..... COLQUITT
SOURCE..... COLQUIT COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
TIME....... 130 PM EDT...011730Z.
LOCATION... STATE HIGHWAY 37 ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE...NEAR
   COMMUNITY OF FUNSTON GEORGIA.
TYPE....... TORNADO...FUNNEL SIGHTED BY PUBLIC.
INJURIES... TWO FATALITIES.  ABOUT 20 INJURED.
DAMAGE..... TWELVE MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED.  ONE CHURCH ROOF BLOWN
            OFF.  SEVERAL HOMES HAD LARGE TREES DOWN.
WATCHES.... NONE
WARNINGS... NONE.
MISC....... REPORT RECEIVED BY WSO COLUMBUS AT 445 PM EDT.  PREVIOUS
   INFORMATION...ABOUT 2 PM EDT FROM COLQUITT SHERIFF OFFICE...HAD
   NO APPARENT INJURIES.   PATH OF STORM AND DAMAGE COST NOT YET
   KNOWN.  COLUMBUS...MACON AND WAYCROSS RADARS REPORTED NO UNUSUAL
   ECHOES SUGGESTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER.