Mike Morris in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A flash flood watch has been posted for north Georgia as forecasters are predicting that the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee could bring the area as much as a half foot of rain.
The flood watch, meaning that conditions may develop that could lead to flooding, is in effect from late Sunday night through Tuesday.
"Widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms is expected to develop over north and central Georgia as Tropical Storm Lee moves northeast from the Louisiana coast and interacts with a cold front drifting southward from the Ohio and Tennessee Valley region," the Weather Service said in a statement issued early Sunday. "This precipitation will likely begin this afternoon and persist through Tuesday."
The Weather Service said that 5 to 7 inches of rain could fall from the northern suburbs of Atlanta northward, with 3 to 5 inches possible as far south as a LaGrange to Eatonton to Washington line, before the rain begins to taper off early Tuesday.
The leading edge of the rain was approaching the southern suburbs late Sunday morning, with heavier rain moving northeastward through southern Alabama...
Storm map from NOAA's website
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