Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
3:46 am EDT, Mon., Oct. 12, 2009

… FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA… EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA… NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA… NORTHEAST GEORGIA… NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERRUNNING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED… WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING… HOWEVER ANOTHER APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE MAY BRING ANOTHER BOUT OF HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

 

* RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO RESULT IN RISES IN SOME CREEKS… STREAMS… AND RIVERS… WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND MORE FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.

 

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.