GEORGIA — A day after downpour flooded roads in metro Atlanta, the National Weather Service issued Tuesday a wind advisory for several Georgia counties due to the heavy rainfall and saturated grounds.
The advisory remains in effect through the early afternoon due to gusty winds that could toss around unsecured objects, the weather service said.
Northwest wind speeds could approach 15 mph while gusts could jump as high as 25 mph. A high temperature of 53 degrees is expected Tuesday.
Weather officials said Monday’s showers and the wet soils could have weakened the roots of few trees, causing them to fall.
“Tree limbs could also be blown down, and a few power outages may result,” weather officials said in the advisory.
Per the Georgia Power outage map, hundreds of residents were without power Tuesday in the metro.
The wind advisory was issued for the following counties: 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, Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Haralson, Carroll, Douglas, DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton, Newton, Morgan, Greene, Taliaferro, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, Spalding, Henry, Butts, Jasper, Putnam, Hancock, Warren, Troup, Meriwether, Pike, Upson, Lamar, Monroe, Jones, Baldwin, Washington, Glascock, Jefferson, Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Johnson, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Macon, Peach, Houston, Bleckley, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Dooly, Dodge, Emanuel, Muscogee, Troup, Stewart, Truetlen, Union, Schley, Toombs, Macon, Sumter, Montgomery, Marion, Pulaski, Jones, Johnson, Telfair and Laurens.
Minor flooding is expected and could impact Roswell, Alpharetta and Cumming, weather officials said. Big Creek sat at 8.2 feet as of 2 a.m. Tuesday and could rise to 8.9 feet by the evening hours, weather officials said.
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