- Flash Flood Watch for Franklin County, Georgia
- Flash Flood Watch issued February 10 at 7:25PM EST until February 11 at 1:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:25 p.m.
- Expires: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 1 p.m.
...HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS IT DOES SO...A WARM
FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF COAST...CROSSING THE
REGION TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS FALLING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL HELP TO
LOCALLY INCREASE RAINFALL RATES...AND FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE WESTERN UPSTATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END MONDAY MORNING.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...
RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MACON...
SOUTHERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
ANDERSON...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS... OCONEE
MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS.
* THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...THE ADJACENT FOOTHILL
LOCATIONS AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY.
* RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENTS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND VERY MOIST AND
STREAM AND RIVER LEVELS HIGH. AS THE RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL
QUICKLY OVERNIGHT...FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ALONG SMALLER
STREAMS. BY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...SOME FLOODING
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS.