...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* Portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north
central Georgia...northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and
west central Georgia...including the following areas...in
central Georgia...Butts...Jasper...Monroe and Putnam. In east
central Georgia...Greene...Taliaferro and Wilkes. In north
central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...
Dawson...DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth...
Gilmer...Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Morgan...Newton...
North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and
Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson...
Madison...Oconee...Oglethorpe...Towns and White. In northwest
Georgia...Bartow...Carroll...Catoosa...Chattooga...Dade...
Floyd...Gordon...Haralson...Murray...Paulding...Polk...Walker
and Whitfield. In west central Georgia...Chattahoochee...
Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Meriwether...Muscogee...
Pike...Spalding...Talbot...Troup and Upson.
* Until 8 AM EDT this morning
* Periods of rain will continue through 8 am this morning as deep
tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will begin to cut off
across the area. On average, an additional half an inch
rainfall, with locally higher amounts, is possible within the
watch area.
* Several creeks and rivers could rise out of their banks
closing roads and impacting homes, businesses and farms. High
water may not recede until well after the rain has ended.