…FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
* UNTIL 7 PM EST
* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND INTO THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC STATES ON SUNDAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF TODAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. BY THIS EVENING MOST OF THE
RAINFALL WILL BE IN THE CAROLINAS. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS
SHOULD BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES EXPECTED.
THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS AND
RIVERS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
* WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RAIN AND MINOR RIVER FLOODING
EARLIER THIS WEEK IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA…PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS INDICATE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL
MINOR FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS IN
NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES LOOKOUT CREEK…WEST AND
SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEKS… COAHULLA CREEK…AND THE CONASAUGA
RIVER.
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.
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