FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 432 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
* THE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL EXIT GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING.
SEVERAL RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE IN MINOR TO MODERATE FLOOD. A FEW
MORE SITES COULD RISE INTO FLOOD TONIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE UNDER A HALF INCH BEFORE THE RAIN
ENDS THIS EVENING.
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH
PREEXISTING ABOVE NORMAL STREAM FLOWS IS RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL
RISES ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS.
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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