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Flood Watch
Flood Watch National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 326 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-251200- /O.NEW.KFFC.FA.A.0009.240925T1800Z-240927T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- Including the cities of Americus, Summerville, Fort Valley, Cleveland, Manchester, Griffin, GIbson, Carrollton, Monroe, Homer, Athens, Forsyth, Ellaville, Wrightsville, Mount Vernon, Comer, Butler, Buena Vista, Rome, Pine Mountain, Stockbridge, Montezuma, Douglasville, LaFayette, Bremen, Vidalia, Lumpkin, Macon, Franklin, Peachtree City, Madison, Jasper, Dawsonville, Crawford, Cumming, Mcrae, Sparta, Milledgeville, Cartersville, Dublin, Talbotton, Gray, Blairsville, Zebulon, Gainesville, Jackson, Cordele, Roberts, East Point, Marietta, Newnan, Trenton, Fort Moore, Columbus, Vienna, Eastman, Atlanta, Warner Robins, Abbeville, Watkinsville, Washington, Cochran, Hawkinsville, Fort Oglethorpe, Cedartown, Thomaston, Toomsboro, Decatur, Chatsworth, Warrenton, Dahlonega, Lawrenceville, West Point, Calhoun, Winder, Jeffersonville, Dallas, Soperton, Riverdale, Dalton, Sandersville, Ellijay, Swainsboro, Hiawassee, Conyers, Eatonton, Preston, Woodstock, Louisville, Blue Ridge, Monticello, Barnesville, Greensboro, Crawfordville, Alamo, Commerce, and Covington 326 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Telfair, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Treutlen, Warren, Washington 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 southeast Georgia, Toombs. In west central Georgia, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson and Webster. * WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Initial areas of heavy rainfall are expected across mainly north Georgia on Wednesday and Wednesday night which could lead to localized flash flooding. Widespread torrential rainfall is expected to then overspread the area on Thursday into Thursday night as Tropical Storm Helene approaches. Storm total rainfall of 4 to 7 inches with locally higher amounts is expected through Friday. - 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. && $$