FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 354 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013 GAZ014-022-034>039-047-049>051-062-191600- /O.EXB.KFFC.FF.A.0009.000000T0000Z-130820T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAWSON-FORSYTH-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- WALTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS 354 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND A WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA ON SUNDAY...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * WITH SATURATED SOILS ALREADY IN PLACE...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...TO INCLUDE RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. ADDITIONALLY...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED SOILS... THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE AREA. 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.
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