Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
230 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.  THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO GAINESVILLE TO TOCCOA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA BETWEEN
ROME AND CANTON IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE EAST OF CHATTANOOGA.  MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ELSEWHERE IN GEORGIA RAIN COVERED THE AREA NORTH OF CARROLLTON
TO HARTWELL.  THIS RAIN AREA EXTENDED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
SeOUTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
537 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA
NEAR LAKE ALLATOONA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR BREMAN...AND THEN SOUTH INTO
CARROLL COUNTY AND NEAR FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY AT 535 AM.

THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND FRANKLIN.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..*.DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

GAZ-002-004-161200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
545 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN RABUN
COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH RAIN STILL FALLING.

SMALL STREAMS MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF THIER BANKS RESULTING IN FLOODING.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE RISK GETTING WATER COVERED.

SOME MUD SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE EASTERN PART OF UNION
COUNTY ON HWY 76.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY.
THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO
GAINESVILLE TO TOCCOA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED
AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED AT ANY TIME IN TH<E MOUNTAIN
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
625 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

COUNTY......COWETA
SOURCE......SHERIFF VIA SPOTTER
TIME........600 AM
LOCATION....4 N NEWNAN
DAMAGE......WIND DAMAGE...TnREES BLOWN DOWN BLOCKING ROAD.

GAZ-002-004-161300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
645 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

A TORNADOE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
UNTIL 1PM EST TODAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TODAY.
THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO
GAINESVILLE TO TOCCOA.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
EXTENDED IN NORTH GEORGIA FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE TO JUST NORTHWEST
OF ATLANTA AND THEN SOUTH TO WEST OF GRIFFIN.

ELEWHERE RAIN SOME HEAVY COVERED MUCH OF THE GEORGIA AREA NORTH OF
COLUMBUS TO THURMOND LAKE LINE.  THIS RAIN AREA EXTENDED NORTH
INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
720 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH 45 VALID UNTIL 100 PM EST...

MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN PLACED IN
A TORNADO WATCH AREA.  IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL GEORGIA
COUNTIES..BIBB..BALDWIN..MONROE..TWIGGS..WILKINSON..JONES..
JASPER.. AND PUTNAM.

AT 715 MACON RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND
IN THAT AREA SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA RANGED FROM
NEAR ATHENS TO 30 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO TO 20 MILES EAST OF
LAGRANGE.

THE MAIN WEATHER SYSTEM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.
STRONGER STORMS WITHIN THE AREA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR MORE DETAILS AS THE WEATHER DEVELOPS.