...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* NORTH GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...ALONG AND NORTH
  OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALING 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...OVER MUCH
  OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BY TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
* CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RESPOND TO THE RAIN WITH FAIRLY RAPID
 RISES EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE
 ATLANTA METRO AREA. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS LIKELY ON
 SOME SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND MAY
 EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO THE LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS. WITH AUTUMN IN
 FULL SWING...THE TREES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE
 BEEN DROPPING THEIR LEAVES. THIS COULD LEAD TO STORM DRAINS
 BECOMING CLOGGED...RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY...BEFORE ANY FLOODING BEGINS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION...ALONG WITH ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.
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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
TROPICAL STORM IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL THIS MORNING ALONG THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST...AND THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AN AREA OF STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL HELP TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT...AND THUS THE WINDS...OVER THE SOUTHEAST. WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
DAY. ADDITIONALLY...AS WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES TODAY...IT MAY
NOT TAKE VERY STRONG WINDS FOR TREES TO BEGIN TO FALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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