Flood Watch in effect for north Georgia

PEACJTREE COTY –The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch remains in effect for portions of north Georgia through tonight. Periods of heavy rainfall are possible across much of north and central Georgia as a cold front moves south across the outlook area. One to two inches of rainfall is likely, mainly north of the Interstate 20 corridor. Locally higher amounts are possible, especially in the higher terrain of the north Georgia mountains. Some localized flooding or isolated flash flooding could occur, especially around creeks, small streams, areas that are urbanized, low-lying or have poor drainage.
Isolated thunderstorms will also be possible late this afternoon and evening with some gusty winds possible.
The Flood Watch impacts 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-.