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 INCLUDING CITIES OF…CALHOUN…DAHLONEGA…CLEVELAND…ROME…CARTERSVILLE…GAINESVILLE…MARIETTA…ATLANTA… LAWRENCEVILLE…CARROLLTON…DOUGLASVILLE…EAST POINT…DECATUR

 

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA…GENERALLY ALONG AND

NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON…TO ATLANTA…TO GAINESVILLE. 

* FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AT 700 AM. 

* SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF

RAIN BEGINNING TOWARD DAYBREAK ON MONDAY…CONTINUING THROUGH

THE DAY MONDAY AND ENDING LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

 

* FLOODING FROM LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES ALONG MANY CREEKS

AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL

LIKELY PROLONG FLOODING IN MANY OF THESE AREAS. NEW FLOODING

COULD ALSO RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED RAINS. IN ADDITION…TEMPORARY

URBAN AND STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND

CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WHERE ANY HEAVY RAIN FALLS.

 

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.