PEACHTREE CITY - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for north and central Georgia effective Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening.<br />
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED <br />
FLOOD WATCH <br />
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA <br />
355 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 <br />
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- <br />
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- <br />
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- <br />
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- <br />
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- <br />
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- <br />
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- <br />
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- <br />
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS- <br />
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY- <br />
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER- <br />
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER- <br />
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- <br />
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... <br />
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... <br />
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... <br />
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... <br />
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS... <br />
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA <br />
355 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 <br />
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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY <br />
EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... <br />
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A <br />
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* FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. <br />
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* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING <br />
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* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF <br />
TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS <br />
SYSTEM WILL ALLOW ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AND WIDESPREAD RAIN TO <br />
SPREAD OVER THE STATE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING <br />
THROUGH SUNDAY. <br />
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* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS <br />
POSSIBLE... ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY <br />
AFTERNOON. SEVERAL RECENT RAIN EVENTS HAVE LEFT SOIL MOISTURE <br />
AND AVERAGE STREAM FLOWS WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH A FEW CREEKS <br />
AND RIVERS STILL IN MINOR FLOOD. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL... OVER <br />
AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND... WILL PRODUCE AMPLE RUNOFF TO <br />
CAUSE RISES ON ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. <br />
THEREFORE...THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WEEKEND COULD <br />
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR TO ISOLATED MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS <br />
MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. ALSO...WITH AUTUMN COMING TO AN END... <br />
MOST OF THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN. THIS COULD LEAD TO STORM DRAINS <br />
BECOMING CLOGGED... RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING. <br />
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... <br />
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A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON <br />
CURRENT FORECASTS. <br />
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YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE <br />
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE <br />
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. <br />
