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The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 1225 AM EDT, Emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to
1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rome, Cave Spring, Lindale and Coosa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

TORNADO WATCH 308 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

CHEROKEE              DAWSON                FANNIN
FORSYTH               GILMER                LUMPKIN
PICKENS               UNION

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

BARTOW                FLOYD                 GORDON
HARALSON              PAULDING              POLK

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE, BLUE RIDGE, BREMEN,
CALHOUN, CARTERSVILLE, CEDARTOWN, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, COLWELL,
CUMMING, DAHLONEGA, DALLAS, DAWSONVILLE, DIAL, ELLIJAY, EPWORTH,
HEMP, HIGDON, JASPER, ROME, AND WOODSTOCK.