The National Weather Service in Peachtree City forecasts waves of showers and thunderstorms will move into north Georgia Friday into Saturday ahead of a cold front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s Happening:<\/strong> The weather service expects 2 to 3 inches of rain across portions of north and west Georgia, with some areas possibly getting over 4 inches. Flash flooding could happen, especially along and north of I-85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s Important:<\/strong> The weather service issued a Slight Risk for excessive rainfall, which is Level 2 of 5, for Friday evening through Saturday morning. There is a 15% chance of flash flooding within 25 miles of any location in the affected area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Severe Weather Risk:<\/strong> A Marginal severe risk, which is 1 of 5 on the severe weather scale, exists late Friday night through Saturday afternoon. Strong wind gusts are the main concern. A brief tornado is also possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What To Know:<\/strong> The weather service warns people not to drive through water-covered roadways. Turn around and find another route. Flooding is also possible near rivers, creeks, and streams. Use caution if you have outdoor plans, especially near creeks or streams.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Weather Service in Peachtree City forecasts waves of showers and thunderstorms will move into north Georgia Friday into Saturday ahead of a cold front. What’s Happening: The weather service expects 2 to 3 inches of rain across portions of north and west Georgia, with some areas possibly getting over 4 inches. Flash flooding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":241308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","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-241307","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\/241307","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\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}