FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 325 AM EST SAT DEC 12 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* A SURGE OF ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY.
THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO SPREAD OVER THE STATE TODAY AND CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE...ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO SUNDAY. RECENT RAIN EVENTS
HAVE LEFT SOIL MOISTURE AND AVERAGE STREAM FLOWS WELL ABOVE
NORMAL. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE AMPLE RUNOFF TO
CAUSE RISES ON CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING...WITH ISOLATED
MODERATE FLOODING...ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. ALSO...MOST
OF THE LEAVES FROM TREES HAVE FALLEN. THIS COULD LEAD TO STORM
DRAINS BECOMING CLOGGED...RESULTING IN 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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