Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
410 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 1992

...THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..

AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA WAS COVERED
BY AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS. REPORTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES
OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR IN COWETA COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE WEATHER
SERVICE. THIS RAIN HAS PRODUCED STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL AND LOCALIZED POOLING
OF WATER IN LOW PLACES ON HIGHWAYS...THUS MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS.

THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THIS EVENING. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO THE RAIN OF THE LAST FEW DAYS...STREAMS MAY GO
ABOVE BANK FULL AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PROBLEMS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY
PRODUCE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRCAUTIONS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 1992

...THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..

AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA WAS COVERED
BY AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS. REPORTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES
OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR IN COWETA COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE WEATHER
SERVICE. THIS RAIN HAS PRODUCED STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL AND LOCALIZED POOLING
OF WATER IN LOW PLACES ON HIGHWAYS...THUS MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS.

THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THIS EVENING. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO THE RAIN OF THE LAST FEW DAYS...STREAMS MAY GO
ABOVE BANK FULL AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PROBLEMS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY
PRODUCE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRCAUTIONS.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
430 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 1992

COUNTY........ RABUN

SOURCE........ UNOFFICAL OBSERVER AND SHERIFFS DEPT.

TIME.......... 2115 EDT THU AUG 20 1992

LOCATION...... EASTERN RABUN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA

TYPE STORM.... STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE

DAMAGE........ 4.36 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN 3 HOUR PERIOD.  WATER
COVERED BRIDGE AND APPEARED BRIDGE WASHED AWAY BUT OK AFTER \WATER
SUBSIDED.

INJURIES...... NONE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT 2130EDT - 0030EDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
610 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 1992

...THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..

AT 610 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA WAS COVERED
BY AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. OVER TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. SEVERAL COUNTIES OF METROPOLITAN
ATLANTA HAD STREETS AND ROADS FLOODED. IN ADDITION...AUTHORITIES IN COBB
COUNTY REPORTED THAT A FEW HOMES WERE FLOODING.

THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL AT TIMES BE
HEAVY. OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED AFTER
THE PREVIOS RAIN OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE
APPROACHING BANKFULL AT 610 PM EDT. FLOODING CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP
RAPIDLY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER LOW-LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS AND
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV AND
RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.