...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH IN WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES WEST OF COLE CITY TO 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COLE CITY...STEPHENSVILLE...MORGANVILLE...NEW ENGLAND...HOOKER...WILDWOOD...TRENTON...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...RISING FAWN...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...CEDAR GROVE...BLUE SPRING...BEAUMONT... RINGGOLD AND BOYNTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30 MPH IN SOME CASES.&&
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:23:22 +0000
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