Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 17, 1990, 10:54 AM EST (15:54 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 1990, 2:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1054 AM EST SAT MAR 17 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
          ...JONES...MONROE
 
FLOODING CONTINUES IN MONROE COUNTY ON NUMEROUS SMALLER COUNTY ROADS.
A BRIDGE ON DUMAS ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 42 WAS WASHED OUT. FLAT BRIDGE
ON WEST BROOKS ROAD WAS COVERED WITH WATER. OLD ZEBULON AND SMITH ROAD
WERE FLOODED ALONG WITH HIGH FALLS STATE PARK.
 
IN JONES COUNTY FLOODING CONTINUES ON DOCTOR LEE ROAD AT THE CAMELOT
SUBDIVISION...OFF HIGHWAY 129 IN CREEKSIDE SUBDIVISION...AND ALONG
THE OCMULGEE RIVER.
 
IN JASPER COUNTY WATER HAS GONE DOWN OFF OF MOST ROADWAYS BUT FELSPAR
ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED. REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE TO DEERWOOD FARM ROAD
WHERE THE DIRT WAS WASHED AWAY AT THE BRIDGE. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS
ENDED FOR JASPER COUNTY.
 
AT 1050 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED RAIN TAPERING OFF AND MOVING EAST.
NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED IN MONROE JASPER AND JONES
COUNTY TODAY. CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BEGIN TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON.
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MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

In the hours before

GAZ006-008-009-171200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
500 AM EST SAT MAR 17 1989

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9AM.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH
SATURDAY...

AT 455 AM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FROM MONTICELLO
TO MACON TO SOUTH OF PERRY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUC!E VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-171415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
715 AM EST SAT MAR 17 1990

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE COUNTY GEORGIA AND RUSSELL
COUNTY ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED AT 7 AM EST..
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MACON AND
SUMTER COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND FOR TERRELL LEE
DOUGHERTY BAKER MILLER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR
TODAY...

AT 710 AM EST RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER
MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.  HOWEVER...THE RAIN HAS
BECOME LIGHT AND SCATTERED IN THE COUNTIES NEAREST THE ALABAMA BORDER.
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER EXTREME EAST ALABAMA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

FLOODWATERS STANDING IN YARDS AND ROADWAYS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
TODAY...BUT PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION
AND USE COMMON SENSE AROUND WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  ALSO...THE
LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

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