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Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
Saturday April 18th, 2020 :: 04:00 p.m. EDT

Community

Flash Flood Watch until 08:00AM Monday

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of north and central Georgia.

* From 11 AM Sunday morning through 8 AM Monday morning

* Periods of showers and thunderstorms are expected beginning Sunday afternoon through early Monday morning. Rain will be moderate to heavy at times with localized flooding possible. Rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches will be possible with locally higher amounts expected. With already saturated soils in some areas, runoff from this additional rain will lead to a greater threat of flash flooding.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MONROE ... BARROW ... HOUSTON ... WHEELER ... BUTTS ... MARION ... CRISP ... WALTON ... UPSON ... EMANUEL ... FAYETTE ... TWIGGS ... TALIAFERRO ... TREUTLEN ... DODGE ... OGLETHORPE ... DOUGLAS ... TROUP ... MERIWETHER ... MONTGOMERY ... WEBSTER ... TAYLOR ... GWINNETT ... ROCKDALE ... PIKE ... BLECKLEY ... SCHLEY ... PAULDING ... PUTNAM ... MORGAN ... HEARD ... WILCOX ... CLAYTON ... CARROLL ... JEFFERSON ... OCONEE ... WILKINSON ... JONES ... PULASKI ... SPALDING ... TALBOT ... DEKALB ... COBB ... MACON ... SUMTER ... TOOMBS ... CRAWFORD ... NEWTON ... HANCOCK ... CHATTAHOOCHEE ... BALDWIN ... JOHNSON ... GLASCOCK ... JASPER ... HARRIS ... HARALSON ... NORTH FULTON ... MUSCOGEE ... DOOLY ... WARREN ... HENRY ... COWETA ... LAMAR ... CLARKE ... BIBB ... GREENE ... WILKES ... WASHINGTON ... PEACH ... TELFAIR ... POLK ... SOUTH FULTON ... LAURENS ... STEWART

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

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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

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