A Flood Watch will be in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning for much of north and central Georgia, where excessive rainfall could cause flooding in low-lying, flood-prone, poor drainage and urban areas.
The National Weather Service issued this flood watch for north and central Georgia for Wednesday, May 6.
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What is in the statement?
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING…
- WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
- WHERE…Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest,
and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in central
Georgia, Butts, Jasper and Monroe. In north central Georgia,
Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin,
Fayette, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Newton,
North Fulton, Pickens, Rockdale, South Fulton, Union and Walton. In
northeast Georgia, Banks, Jackson, 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, Meriwether, Pike,
Spalding, Talbot, Troup and Upson.- WHEN…From Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.
- IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may also occur in poor drainage and urban areas.- ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
- Multiple rounds of rainfall are expected to move across portions
of north and central Georgia from Wednesday afternoon through
Thursday morning as a slow moving frontal boundary pushes across
the area. Widespread rainfall amounts of 1.5-2.5″ are likely,
with locally higher amounts of 4″ or more possible. Convective
rainfall (showers and thunderstorms) may repeatedly train over
areas, and have locally high enough rainfall rates to induce
flash flooding in poor drainage and urban areas, as well as
creeks and streams prone to flash flooding. Main-stem river
flooding is not anticipated given the ongoing drought and low
base state that these rivers are starting from.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
Counties included in the alert
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartow
- Butts
- Carroll
- Catoosa
- Chattooga
- Cherokee
- Clayton
- Cobb
- Coweta
- Dade
- Dawson
- DeKalb
- Douglas
- Fannin
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Forsyth
- Gilmer
- Gordon
- Gwinnett
- Hall
- Haralson
- Harris
- Heard
- Henry
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Lamar
- Lumpkin
- Meriwether
- Monroe
- Murray
- Newton
- North Fulton
- Paulding
- Pickens
- Pike
- Polk
- Rockdale
- South Fulton
- Spalding
- Talbot
- Towns
- Troup
- Union
- Upson
- Walker
- Walton
- White
- Whitfield
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