{"id":169263,"date":"2024-03-08T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=169263"},"modified":"2024-03-08T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:09:58","slug":"weekend-weather-flooding-and-severe-storm-risks-across-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=169263","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Weather: Flooding and Severe Storm Risks Across Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>The Gist:<\/strong> North and Central Georgia face significant weather threats today and into the weekend, with a moderate to slight risk of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf27 <strong>The Details:<\/strong> The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for numerous counties in North and Central Georgia. A moderate risk for flash flooding targets west Georgia, while a slight risk extends over the broader region. Expected rainfall ranging from 2 to 4 inches could escalate to 5 to 7 inches which is, particularly worrisome given the already saturated soils. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Flood Watch is in effect from this evening through Saturday night, signaling potential exacerbation of current minor watercourse flooding and possibly more severe incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26c8 <strong>By The Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flash flooding risks: Moderate (3 out of 4) in west Georgia, Slight elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rainfall expectations: 2-4 inches generally, with potential peaks of 5-7 inches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flood Watch timeline: From Friday evening through Saturday night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> The confluence of saturated grounds and anticipated heavy rainfall creates a precarious scenario for these Georgia regions. The community is still grappling with ongoing minor waterway flooding, which the impending downpours could aggravate further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 The Gist: North and Central Georgia face significant weather threats today and into the weekend, with a moderate to slight risk of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms on the horizon. \ud83c\udf27 The Details: The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for numerous counties in North and Central Georgia. A moderate risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":169264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[10022,9252],"class_list":["post-169263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-flooding","tag-rain","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}