Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.
Forecast for Haralson
Updated: 4:35 PM EST on November 11, 2009
Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers or patchy drizzle in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Windy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flood Warning for small streams and creeks in... Haralson County in northwest Georgia
* until 1130 PM EST
* at 534 PM EST... the river gage on the Tallapoosa river near Tallapoosa had reached 16.7 feet. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. The river is continuing to rise.
Runoff from heavy rainfall Tuesday will result on rises throughout creeks and streams in Haralson County. Several creeks and streams in the County will continue to experience flooding into Thursday.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of floods. It is very difficult at night to tell how much water is on roads.
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Atlanta...
a record rainfall of 4.05 inches was set at Atlanta yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.57 set in 1966.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:15 PM EDT on November 11, 2009
... Rainfall totals for the 9-11 November heavy rain event...
The following are some rainfall totals that occurred 9-11 November as heavy rains spread northward from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida as the storm tracked eastward along the Florida Panhandle and extreme south Georgia.
These are rainfall totals from the Ida heavy rain event that occurred between 1 PM Monday, November 9, 2009 through 1 PM Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
Station ID heavy rain event total pcpn (1pm 11/9 - 1pm 11/11)
Albany :aby 0.62 Alma :amg 0.49 Athens :ahn 3.97 Atlanta :atl 4.72 Augusta :ags 4.48 Brunswick :ssi 0.35 Cartersville :vpc 4.52 Columbus :csg 5.60 Gainesville :gvl 4.16 Macon :mcn 2.77 Marietta :mge 4.30 NE Atlanta :pdk 4.63 Peachtree City :ffc 4.84 Rome :rmg 3.46 Savannah :sav 1.36 Valdosta :vld 0.98 west Atlanta :fty 4.72
The widespread heavy rain caused numerous creeks, streams and rivers to rise above flood stage... causing minor and moderate flooding across much of north and central Georgia.