North Georgia Flood Watch: 3 PM

There is a flood watch for northwest Georgia through 6 o'clock tonight. The flood watch from the National Weather Service spans counties from Haralson to Dade county. Forecasters expect more than 2 inches to fall today in parts of north Georgia, calling it a "soaker situation." For an up-to-date look at weather in your county, you can link to the U. S Weather Radar to the right of this page.

(National Weather Service, Associated Press)

Tropical Storm Fay update

Officials in southeast Georgia are closely watching Tropical Storm Fay and its movement. As of early Thursday morning the storm was nearly stationary off Florida’s coast near Daytona Beach. A tropical storm warning does extend along the Georgia coast--in addition, there is a flood watch in place for much of the southeast Georgia area through late Friday. The main threat of Fay right now is heavy rainfall and torrential downpours with high wind gusts.

Stay with GPB radio for continuing updates on the storm and its movement. You can also get news updates from our website--gpb.org--and by oing to the Georgia News blog.