FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1205 PM EST SUN DEC 13 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA WILL GRADUALLY
LIFT NORTH THROUGH TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THE WARM
FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA BY TUESDAY EVENING...ENDING THE RAIN.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE...ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
AREA OF GREATEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM COLUMBUS THROUGH PERRY TO SWAINSBORO.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED OVER THIS
SAME AREA DURING THE PAST 48 HOURS. CRISP COUNTY HAD AN AVERAGE
OF 5 INCHES WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS AND FORCING SOME
EVACUATIONS OF HOMES.
SOILS ARE SATURATED AND AVERAGE STREAM FLOWS ARE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL...WITH A FEW CREEKS AND RIVERS STILL IN MINOR FLOOD. THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND... WILL
PRODUCE AMPLE RUNOFF TO CAUSE RISES ON ALREADY SWOLLEN
CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. THEREFORE...THE EXPECTED RAINFALL
COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD MINOR TO ISOLATED MODERATE
FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA.
ALSO...WITH THE END OF AUTUMN...MOST OF THE LEAVES 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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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM EST SUN DEC 13 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...GENERALLY NORTH
OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO SWAINSBORO AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ROME TO DAHLONEGA.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY.
A STRONG WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. AS IT DOES...DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE TO ITS NORTH...LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
IN MANY LOCATIONS. AS THE FRONT PASSES...VISIBILITIES WILL GRADUALLY
IMPROVE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AREAWIDE BY LATE TUESDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
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