Several high school football games in northeast Georgia were subjected to “lightning delays” Friday night as a series of thunderstorms pummeled the area. Among them was the Cherokee Bluff-Oconee County game which aired on 97.5 Glory FM.
No damage has been reported so far from the storms, but the heavy downpours did create traffic hazards and some minor flooding in low-lying areas during the early evening. At one point, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for east-central Forsyth and southwestern Hall counties.
Just over one inch of rain was recorded at the Gainesville airport Friday night bringing to more than one-and-and-a-half inches the two-day amount. The rain this week is the first significant rainfall in most of northeast Georgia where dry weather was beginning to take its toll on lawns and gardens.
And more may be on its way, depending on how and if the area is impacted by the tropical disturbance moving through the Atlantic toward the southeast coast where some states are beginning storm preparations.