Flash Flood Watch until 01:00AM Friday
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Georgia...east central Georgia...north central Georgia...southeast 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...Montgomery...Peach...Pulaski...Putnam... Telfair...Twiggs...Wheeler...Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia...Emanuel...Glascock...Greene...Hancock... Jefferson...Johnson...Taliaferro...Treutlen...Warren and Washington. In north central Georgia...Clayton...Fayette... Henry...Morgan and Newton. In southeast Georgia...Toombs. 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 1 AM EST Thursday through late Thursday night
* Moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall is possible overnight and through much of Thursday as a low pressure system moves across the Gulf States. Even though widespread rainfall amounts should be between one and two inches, soils remain very saturated across the area. In addition, very high streamflows area already in place across the region and runoff from the additional rain will lead to a greater threat of flash flooding.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MARION ... MONROE ... BUTTS ... WHEELER ... CRISP ... UPSON ... HOUSTON ... EMANUEL ... FAYETTE ... DODGE ... TWIGGS ... TREUTLEN ... TROUP ... TALIAFERRO ... WEBSTER ... MERIWETHER ... JASPER ... MONTGOMERY ... TAYLOR ... PIKE ... BLECKLEY ... SCHLEY ... MORGAN ... PUTNAM ... WILCOX ... WILKINSON ... HEARD ... PULASKI ... JEFFERSON ... CLAYTON ... JONES ... SPALDING ... TALBOT ... SUMTER ... MACON ... CRAWFORD ... TOOMBS ... HANCOCK ... CHATTAHOOCHEE ... JOHNSON ... GLASCOCK ... BALDWIN ... HARRIS ... MUSCOGEE ... HENRY ... DOOLY ... LAMAR ... COWETA ... WARREN ... BIBB ... GREENE ... TELFAIR ... NEWTON ... WASHINGTON ... PEACH ... STEWART ... LAURENS
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
Spalding County Sheriff's Office
401 Justice Blvd
Griffin, GA 30224
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 770-467-4282
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SPALDING 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