Flash Flood Watch until 07:00AM Friday
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of north central Georgia... northeast Georgia...northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in north central Georgia...Barrow...Clayton...Cobb...DeKalb...Douglas... Fayette...Gwinnett...Henry...Morgan...Newton...North Fulton... Rockdale...South Fulton and Walton. In northeast Georgia... Clarke...Oconee and Oglethorpe. In northwest Georgia... Carroll...Haralson...Paulding and Polk. In west central Georgia...Coweta...Harris...Heard...Meriwether...Pike... Spalding and Troup.
* From Wednesday evening through Friday morning
* Very heavy rain will be moving in Wednesday night and continuing through Thursday night. Three to four inches of rain with local amounts near six inches are possible. Flooding will continue well after the rain ends.
* AFFECTED AREAS: SPALDING ... BARROW ... DEKALB ... WALTON ... COBB ... OCONEE ... FAYETTE ... TROUP ... OGLETHORPE ... DOUGLAS ... HARRIS ... HARALSON ... MERIWETHER ... HENRY ... ROCKDALE ... GWINNETT ... PIKE ... NORTH FULTON ... PAULDING ... COWETA ... CLARKE ... MORGAN ... NEWTON ... HEARD ... POLK ... CARROLL ... SOUTH FULTON ... CLAYTON
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
17400 Roosevelt Highway
Greenville, GA 30222
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-672-4489
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP MERIWETHER followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch