National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
738 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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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-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-WILKINSON-
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
738 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES
  OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS FALLEN ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL
  AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
  POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AXIS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST
  ACROSS THE METRO ATLANTA AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING.

* FLOODING OF THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IS POSSIBLE WITH
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

* LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE HEAVY RAIN
  REPEATEDLY MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA. ALSO...STORM DRAINS...
  DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BECOME QUICKLY CLOGGED WITH
  DEBRIS AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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.

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