Flash flood watch until 7:00 tonight

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-HARALSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE

1008 AM EST SAT JAN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING

* A BROAD AREA OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS SOAKED
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. RECENT SNOW AND
RAINFALL HAVE KEPT THE SOILS WET IN THIS AREA. WITH ADDITIONAL
RAIN EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT...LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE.

* SMALL...FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL MOST LIKELY NOTICE
THE EFFECTS OF THIS RAINFALL. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION
IN HILLY TERRAIN AND NEAR LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.