Flash Flood Watch and Tornado Watch for Parts of Georgia December 10 Until Mid Afternoon

DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 425 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

* UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WHERE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT THE MOISTURE UPSLOPE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 949 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 59 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

BALDWIN BIBB BUTTS CRAWFORD HOUSTON JASPER JONES MONROE PEACH PUTNAM

IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

GREENE HANCOCK TALIAFERRO WARREN WILKES

IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

BARROW CHEROKEE CLAYTON COBB DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS FAYETTE FORSYTH FULTON GWINNETT HALL HENRY LUMPKIN MORGAN NEWTON PICKENS ROCKDALE WALTON

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

BANKS CLARKE JACKSON MADISON OCONEE OGLETHORPE WHITE

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

CHATTAHOOCHEE COWETA HARRIS LAMAR MACON MARION MERIWETHER MUSCOGEE PIKE SCHLEY SPALDING STEWART SUMTER TALBOT TAYLOR TROUP UPSON WEBSTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AMERICUS...ATLANTA...BARNESVILLE... BUENA VISTA...BUTLER...CLEVELAND...COLUMBUS...COMER...COMMERCE... CONYERS...COVINGTON...CRAWFORD...CRAWFORDVILLE...CUMMING... DAHLONEGA...DAWSONVILLE...DECATUR...DOUGLASVILLE...EATONTON... ELLAVILLE...FORSYTH...FORT BENNING...FORT VALLEY...GAINESVILLE... GRAY...GREENSBORO...GRIFFIN...HOMER...JACKSON...JASPER... LAWRENCEVILLE...MACON...MADISON...MANCHESTER...MARIETTA... MILLEDGEVILLE...MONROE...MONTEZUMA...MONTICELLO...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...PINE MOUNTAIN...PRESTON...RICHLAND...RIVERDALE... ROBERTA...SPARTA...STOCKBRIDGE...TALBOTTON...THOMASTON... WARNER ROBINS...WARRENTON...WASHINGTON...WATKINSVILLE... WEST POINT...WINDER...WINTERVILLE...WOODSTOCK AND ZEBULON.

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