...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
The 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...Baldwin...Bibb...Butts...Crawford...Jasper...
Jones...Monroe...Peach and Putnam. In east central Georgia...
Greene...Hancock...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...Coweta...Harris...Heard...
Lamar...Macon...Meriwether...Pike...Spalding...Talbot...
Taylor...Troup and Upson.
* Through Monday afternoon
* Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are are possible
within the watch area. The highest rainfall amounts are expected
across Northeast Georgia...with 3 to 4 inches likely.
* Even with somewhat dry soil conditions, rainfall this intense
will likely lead to rises in creeks and rivers which may go
out of their banks. High water will not recede until well
after the rain has ended.