Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
4:10 am EDT, Tue., Oct. 27, 2009

… FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING…

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA… NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA… NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY. DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE DAY TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 2.0 INCHES IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MID MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON… THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTH.

* THE GROUND ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA REMAINS MOIST FROM RECENT REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN RENEWED CREEK AND STREAM FLOODING… AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT THIS TIME… A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.