February 3rd, 2020 – 3:15 PM

National Weather Service & Floyd County Emergency Management –

Potential severe and flooding weather threats on Wednesday and Thursday:

Bottom Line:

Heavy rain will move in late Wednesday and continue through late Thursday night. Some storms could be severe.

Heavy rain

• Widespread 2 to 4 inches expected with local amounts to 6 inches possible with the highest amounts over west and north Georgia
• Light rain will move in Tuesday but heavy rain expected to start Wednesday evening
• Based on expected streamflow and soil moisture, minor flooding of creeks and rivers appears likely especially over north Georgia
• A Flood or Flash Flood Watch may be issued later this week
• Some wraparound light rain will linger on Friday

Severe weather

• Two rounds of strong to severe storms are possible
  • One on Wednesday afternoon and evening over west Georgia
  • Another round on Thursday over much of north and central Georgia
• Damaging winds will be the primary threat. A few brief tornadoes are also possible.
• The storms should push out of the area by Thursday evening.