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Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
Sunday September 4th, 2022 :: 06:49 p.m. EDT

Community

Flood Watch until 08:00PM Monday

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of north central Georgia, northeast Georgia, northwest Georgia and west central Georgia, including the following areas, in north central Georgia, Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Newton, North Fulton, Pickens, Rockdale, South Fulton, Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia, Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Towns and White. In northwest Georgia, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding and Troup.

* WHEN...Through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A slow moving upper level system bringing a moist tropical airmass will remain over the forecast area. Waves of showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop along a stationary boundary where back building and training storms are likely to occur. Most locations within the watch area have already received 1 to 4 inches of rainfall where an additional 1 to 3 inches of rainfall could occur through tomorrow evening. Locally higher amounts are possible in training storms. The watch may be expanded to include other areas that may be outside of the existing watch area. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* AFFECTED AREAS: DADE ... WALKER ... CATOOSA ... WHITFIELD ... MURRAY ... FANNIN ... GILMER ... UNION ... TOWNS ... CHATTOOGA ... GORDON ... PICKENS ... DAWSON ... LUMPKIN ... WHITE ... FLOYD ... BARTOW ... CHEROKEE ... FORSYTH ... HALL ... BANKS ... JACKSON ... MADISON ... POLK ... PAULDING ... COBB ... NORTH FULTON ... GWINNETT ... BARROW ... CLARKE ... OCONEE ... HARALSON ... CARROLL ... DOUGLAS ... SOUTH FULTON ... DEKALB ... ROCKDALE ... WALTON ... NEWTON ... HEARD ... COWETA ... FAYETTE ... CLAYTON ... SPALDING ... HENRY ... TROUP ... MERIWETHER ... PIKE ... HARRIS ... MUSCOGEE

Instructions:

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.

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:
Flood Watch

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