Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
 
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CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR
300 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
 
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
 
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND
  NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
 
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
 
* A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
  THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
  MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
  HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
  GEORGIA THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTH AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.
 
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A CARROLLTON...TO
  ATLANTA...TO WINDER...TO HOMER LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR
  TO FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWEST OF A CEDARTOWN TO ELLIJAY LINE. WITH THE GROUND
  SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND MANY CREEKS AND
  STREAMS IN THE AREA ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL...ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL WILL RESULT ALMOST ENTIRELY IN RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND
  STREAMS. CREEK AND STREAM FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL
  AS FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SOME
  ROADS IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED...
  ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
 
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING
ESPECIALLY ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.