…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.