Published on: May 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM

Flash flood warning has been issued for Randolph County.

5-16-2009-10-24-17-am

Persistent storms are dumping heavy rains over Randolph County.

5-16-2009-10-27-06-am

Here are storm totals since last night…

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Here is a satellite precipitation estimate…

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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/16/09 1541Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS—NPPU—TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1515Z CW
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LOCATION…W GEORGIA…E ALABAMA…
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ATTN WFOS…FFC…BMX…
ATTN RFCS…SERFC…
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EVENT…STATIONARY TSTMS PRODUCING HVY RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS…OVER THE PAST 90 MINS…BTWN 1345Z
TO 1515Z STLT ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED THAT 2.7″ OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER PORTIONS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY IN E-CENTRAL AL AND HEARD COUNTY IN
W-CENTRAL GA. VIS STLT SHOWS ADDITIONAL CU/TCU CLOUD ELEMENTS FROM THE
W MOVING EWD…THIS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FURTHER MERGERS AND CONTINUED
HVY RAINS OVER THESE TWO COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL 1-2″ IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT 1-2 HRS.