Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1054 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2009

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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-BIBB-MUSCOGEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...
MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
COLUMBUS
1054 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH
  CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND
  WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE AREA FROM AN UPPER LOW SLOWLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD
  FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL U.S. A SHALLOW LAYER OF COOL AIR AT THE
  SURFACE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE TWO FEATURES COMBINED WILL RESULT IN A
  FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  REGION THROUGH MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE TWO TO
  THREE INCHES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLOOD
  WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS.

* THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAINS
  MOIST FROM THREE TO FOUR INCH RAINS THAT FELL ON MARCH 1ST.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL LIKELY RESULT
  IN AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS INTO
  EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JUST FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME
  PERIODS OF URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
  MONDAY WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING
ESPECIALLY ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.

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