FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUN AFTERNOON TO MON MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:00 AM EDT MON MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.

CRISP.WILCOX.TELFAIR.SUMTER.WEBSTER.STEWART.WHEELER.

PULASKI.SCHLEY.DODGE.TAYLOR.MACON.CHATTAHOOCHEE.MARION.

BLECKLEY.MUSCOGEE.HOUSTON.PEACH.LAURENS.CRAWFORD.

HARRIS.TALBOT.TWIGGS.BIBB.UPSON.WILKINSON.JONES.

BALDWIN.PIKE.MONROE.LAMAR.TROUP.MERIWETHER.SPALDING.

HEARD.BUTTS.HANCOCK.PUTNAM.COWETA.JASPER.FAYETTE.

HENRY.CLAYTON.NEWTON.GREENE.ROCKDALE.DOUGLAS.MORGAN.

CARROLL.HARALSON.WALTON.DEKALB.OCONEE.OGLETHORPE.

CLARKE.PAULDING.POLK.COBB.BARROW.GWINNETT.MADISON.

JACKSON.FORSYTH.CHEROKEE.BARTOW.BANKS.HALL.PICKENS.

FLOYD.CHATTOOGA.DAWSON.GORDON.LUMPKIN.WHITE.GILMER.

UNION.TOWNS.FANNIN.DADE.WALKER.WHITFIELD.CATOOSA.

MURRAY.DOOLY.FULTON.

HURRICANE DENNIS WAS CENTERED ABOUT 90 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST FLorida EARLY THIS MORNING & CONTINUED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. WHILE THE EXPECTED TRACK OF DENNIS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI, BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR WELL TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK.

AREAS CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF DENNIS WILL RECEIVE THE MOST RAINFALL.

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA, ROUGHLY SOUTH OF THE LA GRANGE TO AMERICUS LINE, 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ON AREAS THAT REMAIN SATURATED FROM THE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL RIVERS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE THESE AND OTHER RIVERS TO RISE TO EVEN HIGHER LEVELS THAN PREVIOUS CRESTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING, ESPECIALLY ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.