FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
917 PM EST MON NOV 9 2009
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-HARRIS-TALBOT-
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CALHOUN…DAHLONEGA…CLEVELAND…
ROME…CARTERSVILLE…GAINESVILLE…MARIETTA…ATLANTA…
LAWRENCEVILLE…ATHENS…CARROLLTON…DOUGLASVILLE…EAST POINT…
DECATUR…CONYERS…COVINGTON…NEWNAN…PEACHTREE CITY…
GRIFFIN…MILLEDGEVILLE…MACON…COLUMBUS
917 PM EST MON NOV 9 2009
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA…ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON AND WARRENTON.
* FROM 3 AM EST TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO SOUTH AND WEST
GEORGIA THIS EVENING…AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREADING INTO NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL
STORM IDA MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL TOTALING 3 TO 5 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO
8 INCHES…ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BY
TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
* CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RESPOND TO THE RAIN WITH FAIRLY RAPID RISES
EXPECTED…ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO
AREA. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS LIKELY ON SOME SMALL TO MEDIUM
SIZED CREEKS AND RIVERS…AND MAY EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO THE LARGER
RIVER SYSTEMS. WITH AUTUMN IN FULL SWING…THE TREES ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE BEEN DROPPING THEIR LEAVES WHICH COULD
LEAD TO STORM DRAINS BECOMING CLOGGED…RESULTING IN STREET
FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NOW
IS THE TIME TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY…BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION.
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