Flash Flooding, Damaging Wind Gusts Hazards With Metro ATL Rain

ATLANTA, GA — A stalled boundary draped across central Georgia is expected to cause more rain in metro Atlanta early this week, weather officials told Patch.

Showers and strong to severe thunderstorms are likely for early afternoon Monday, bringing with them damaging wind gusts between 40 and 60 degrees, said Ansley Long, meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Peachtree City office.

Long said the boundary moved into the metro Sunday from the northern area near Tennessee, began to push out but stalled south of Interstate 20.

Aside from damaging winds that could knock down trees and power lines, she said flash flooding is a concern as some of the rain could produce periods of locally heavy rainfall, which could cause flash flooding.

The rain is set to continue through Wednesday, with the overnight hours being the lowest chance for showers.

According to a hazardous weather outlook, the rain could affect Clarke, Forsyth, Cherokee, Barrow, Bartow, Gwinnett, Douglas, DeKalb, Fulton, Paulding, Cobb and other counties.

Temperatures for the next three days are as follows: Monday, mid-80s to mid-90s; 80s to low-90s Wednesday; upper 70s to low 80s Wednesday.

The weather service's 9 a.m. update is as follows:

Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Southeast wind 5-10 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4 p.m. High near 87. East wind 5-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7 p.m, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. Low around 70. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 5-10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.

Wednesday night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8 p.m, then a chance of showers between 8 p.m and 2 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m. Sunny, with a high near 84.

Thursday night: A 10 percent chance of showers before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Sunny, with a high near 84.

Friday night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 p.m. Mostly clear, with a low around 65.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 87.

Saturday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

Patch will update this forecast in the afternoon.