A flood watch has been issued for the Barrow, Jackson, Banks and Madison County areas.
According to the National Weather Service:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA FROM AN UPPER LOW SLOWLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD FROM THE
SOUTH CENTRAL U.S. A SHALLOW LAYER OF COOL AIR AT THE SURFACE
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SUNDAY. THESE TWO FEATURES COMBINED WILL RESULT IN A FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE TWO TO THREE INCHES
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS.
* THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAINS
MOIST FROM THREE TO FOUR INCH RAINS THAT FELL ON MARCH 1ST.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA JUST
FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME PERIODS
OF URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING
ESPECIALLY ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.