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Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

GAZ020>025-027-030>037-041>049-052>058-066>068-070-272230-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-
COBB- NORTH FULTON- GWINNETT- BARROW- CLARKE- OCONEE- HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB- ROCKDALE- WALTON-NEWTON- MORGAN- HEARD- COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- LAMAR-

520 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS MORNING...

AN AREA OF RAIN MOVING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS MORNING... SPREADING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY 10 AM. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID
30S THIS MORNING... SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOW COULD BRIEFLY ACCUMULATE ON GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING... ROADS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME ICY.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING...AND BY
NOON THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL HAVE ENDED.







The latest watch from the NWS:(latest AFD here as well as the latest NWS video from a little earlier today) 
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(Latest metro stream gauges: http://www.daculaweather.com/4_metro_river_gauge.php
UPDATE - Tuesday 10:11am 
..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING CREEK IN GEORGIA...

BIG CREEK NEAR CUMMING AFFECTING FORSYTH COUNTY
BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA AFFECTING FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A: 
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BIG CREEK NEAR ALPHARETTA.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* AT 945 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.3 FEET...AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY. THE CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 9 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE WOODLANDS AND FIELDS ALONG THE CREEK FROM NEAR CUMMING IN SOUTH FORSYTH COUNTY TO ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THE BIG CREEK GREENWAY EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WHICH RESULTS IN CLOSURE OF MOST OF THE WALKING AND BIKING PATHS. THIS ESPECIALLY OCCURS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON KIMBALL BRIDGE ROAD AND ROCK HILL PARK. A LARGE PORTION OF THE YMCA CAMPGROUND OFF PRESTON RIDGE ROAD WILL BE FLOODED.




URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY GA
254 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013

.SYNOPSIS... 
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL FORCE ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE STATE IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH THE OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS AND COOLER AIR OVER THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO ENHANCE THE RAINFALL. THESE COMBINED WEATHER FEATURES WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH GEORGIA... MAINLY ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH GEORGIA.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST TO  BEGIN IN NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT AND END ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE  ATLANTA METRO AREA.

* FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE  SAME AREAS. ALSO...STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME QUICKLY  CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS AND LEAVES WHICH COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE  STREET FLOODING AND ROAD PONDING.

  MINOR FLOODING OF SOME OF THE LARGER CREEKS OR RIVERS IS MORE  LIKELY WITH THE EXPECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE BIG  CREEK FROM CUMMING TO ALPHARETTA AND THE LOOKOUT CREEK NEAR  TRENTON AND NEW ENGLAND WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE.  THE CONASAUGA RIVER NEAR ETON MAY ALSO REACH FLOOD STAGE.

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