Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...northeast Georgia... northwest Georgia and west central Georgia...including the following areas...in central Georgia...Baldwin...Bibb... Bleckley...Butts...Crawford...Crisp...Dodge...Dooly... Houston...Jasper...Jones...Laurens...Monroe...Peach... Pulaski...Putnam...Twiggs...Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia...Glascock...Greene...Hancock...Jefferson... Johnson...Taliaferro...Warren...Washington and Wilkes. In north central Georgia...Barrow...Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb... Dawson...DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Forsyth... Gilmer...Gwinnett...Hall...Henry...Lumpkin...Morgan...Newton... North Fulton...Pickens...Rockdale...South Fulton...Union and Walton. In northeast Georgia...Banks...Clarke...Jackson... Madison...Oconee...Oglethorpe...Towns and White. In northwest Georgia...Bartow...Carroll...Catoosa...Chattooga...Dade... Floyd...Gordon...Haralson...Murray...Paulding...Polk...Walker and Whitfield. In west central Georgia...Chattahoochee... Coweta...Harris...Heard...Lamar...Macon...Marion... Meriwether...Muscogee...Pike...Schley...Spalding...Stewart... Sumter...Talbot...Taylor...Troup...Upson and Webster.

* From late tonight through Thursday morning

* A strong upper level low pressure system in combination with deep tropical moisture and saturated soils will set up the potential for flooding and flash flooding across a large portion of North and Central Georgia on Wednesday through Thursday morning. Rainfall will increase in intensity through the day Wednesday across the watch area with an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain likely with isolated higher amounts possible. The heaviest rainfall is anticipated in the afternoon through the early evening hours.

* Due to the heavy rainfall the past several days, many creeks and streams are already near or above bankfull. Creeks and rivers could rise out of their banks, closing roads and impacting homes, businesses and farms. High water may not recede until well after the rain has ended.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MARION ... CRISP ... BARROW ... MONROE ... BUTTS ... WALTON ... UPSON ... DAWSON ... HOUSTON ... FAYETTE ... DADE ... DODGE ... PAULDING ... FORSYTH ... TWIGGS ... TALIAFERRO ... TROUP ... WEBSTER ... OGLETHORPE ... DOUGLAS ... UNION ... JASPER ... GILMER ... BLECKLEY ... TAYLOR ... CHATTOOGA ... ROCKDALE ... PIKE ... SCHLEY ... MORGAN ... PUTNAM ... WHITFIELD ... LUMPKIN ... WILKINSON ... HALL ... HEARD ... JEFFERSON ... BARTOW ... PULASKI ... GWINNETT ... WILCOX ... CLAYTON ... JONES ... MERIWETHER ... CARROLL ... CATOOSA ... TALBOT ... BANKS ... LAURENS ... GORDON ... CRAWFORD ... COBB ... MACON ... HANCOCK ... OCONEE ... SUMTER ... FLOYD ... JOHNSON ... CHATTAHOOCHEE ... COWETA ... FANNIN ... DE KALB ... SPALDING ... BALDWIN ... HENRY ... NORTH FULTON ... HARALSON ... LAMAR ... GLASCOCK ... JACKSON ... DOOLY ... WALKER ... CLARKE ... WARREN ... BIBB ... MADISON ... MURRAY ... NEWTON ... GREENE ... WASHINGTON ... PEACH ... WHITE ... CHEROKEE ... SOUTH FULTON ... MUSCOGEE ... PICKENS ... STEWART ... HARRIS ... WILKES ... TOWNS ... POLK

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.