A flash flood watch remains in effect for Cobb County and much of the rest of Georgia for today, Saturday, March 9, according to a hazardous weather outlook from National Weather Service
What is in the Flood Watch statement?
The following text is from the flood watch alert:
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.
.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight…
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through tonight. Additional
heavy rainfall is ongoing across portions of central Georgia that
should come to an end later this morning. Flash flooding will
remain possible. Flooding of creeks, streams, and rivers is
ongoing in some locations and will continue to expand this
afternoon. Please remember to avoid flooded roadways. Turn
around, don`t drown.
A Slight Risk is in effect this morning for portions of central
Georgia. An isolated strong wind gust or a brief tornado is
possible.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Sunday through Friday…
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
What areas are within the alert?
Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Douglas, Emanuel, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, North Fulton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Rockdale, Schley, South Fulton, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Telfair, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson
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