Paulding County Weather

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING EFFECTIVE FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY FROST COULD THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES.

Via Nixle:

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for all of North Georgia including the Metro Atlanta counties.

A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT…AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL RIVERS AND CREEKS REMAIN IN OR NEAR FLOOD AFTER THE WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN ON MONDAY…AND SOILS ARE SATURATED OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY POSSIBLY 2-4 INCHES WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO CREEKS…RIVERS AND STREAMS RESULTING IN RAPID RISES AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. LOCALIZED AREAS…ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD…REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Eastern Paulding County is under a flash flood warning; details below.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
834 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 821 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 5 AM…MOST OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS ANOTHER LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
MOVES IN FROM ALABAMA.

* SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. NORTH FORK
PEACHTREE CREEK…CROOKED CREEK…PEW CREEK AT LAWRENCEVILLE…
AND NICKAJACK CREEK ARE ALREADY ABOVE ACTION STAGE AND ARE NEARING
MINOR FLOOD STAGE. OTHER CREEKS…SUCH AS NOONDAY CREEK…NANCY
CREEK…NOSES CREEK…AND UTOY CREEK…JUST TO NAME A FEW…ARE
ALSO RISING RAPIDLY AND WILL SOON REACH FLOOD STAGE. WIDESPREAD
MINOR FLOODING OF THESE CREEKS IS EXPECTED…BUT SOME CREEKS MAY
APPROACH OR EXCEED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. IN ADDITION…WATER MAY
BEGIN TO INUNDATE LOW LYING URBAN AREAS DUE TO OVERWHELMED DRAINS.
TAKE WHATEVER PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES AND
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG
THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT
TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY…THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY! TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!

IF YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

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LAT…LON 3409 8490 3409 8466 3421 8465 3420 8403
3418 8406 3415 8397 3381 8395 3372 8406
3363 8412 3364 8414 3365 8438 3365 8445
3362 8446 3357 8490

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