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Area-wide flash flood warnings canceled. Watch remains in effect for several counties | Live updates

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Ongoing rain is continuing through the weekend across Georgia.

Gulf moisture is streaming northward across the Southeastern states, bringing humid and rainy conditions. 

No severe weather is expected in north Georgia or metro Atlanta on Saturday, but the Storm Prediction Center has placed portions of central and south Georgia in a Marginal Risk area for severe weather. 

TIMELINE | Heavy rains, thunderstorms possible Saturday through Monday

UPDATES:

7:54 PM | Flash Flood Warning just canceled for Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and Walton counties.

7:31 PM | Flash Flood Warning just canceled for Henry, Newton, Rockdale and Spalding counties.

7:05 PM | Flash Flood Warning just canceled for Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee and Troup counties.

6:22 PM | Heavy rains lead to flooding in parts of Peachtree City including this video sent to us by a resident.

5:37 PM | Flood warning for Line Creek near Senoia issued until further notice.

4:46 PM | A flash flood watch has been expanded to include 22 more counties and continues in 49.  The new counties include Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Morgan, Greene, Taliaferro, Butts, Jasper, Putnam, Hanckock, Warren, Upson, Lamar, Monroe, Jones, Baldwin, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, Bibb, Muscogee, Chattahoochee and Marion counties through June 9 until 8 p.m.

3:32 PM | A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Henry, Newton, Rockdale and Spalding counties until 9:30 p.m.

2:25 PM | A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for portions of Rockdale, Oconee, Barrow, Gwinnett, Clarke, Walton, Hall, Jackson, Madison and Newton counties until 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.

At 2:22 p.m., Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Two to four inches of rain have fallen with locally higher amounts up to five inches. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

2:23 PM | A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Coweta, Troup, Meriwether, Muscogee and Harris counties until 8:15 pm on Saturday.

At 2:19 p.m., Doppler radar indicated a band of heavy rain across the warned area. Two to four inches of rain have already fallen with an additional one-to-two inches possible. 

1:30 PM | Peachtree City fire officials said Saturday afternoon that a number of condos and vehicles in the Tinsley Mill Village area, along Lake Peachtree, had experienced some significant flooding due to Saturday's heavy rains. 

Residents were able to safely self-evacuate, officials said, before water entered the buildings. 

RELATED | Condos flooded out in Peachtree City area due to heavy rainfall

Credit: Peachtree City Fire Dept
Officials said an area near Lake Peachtree in the Tinsley Mill Village area experienced some major flooding on Saturday, June 8, 2019

12:08 PM | Peachtree City Police is reporting standing water at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and Ga. Highway 74 due to a nearby sinkhole in a sidewalk. 

According to police, the Georgia Department of Transportation has been notified and are coming to assess the situation. 

Police are also reporting that Flat Creek Road has been closed at Flat Creek Court due to a washout underneath the roadway in that area. 

Credit: Peachtree City Police
According to Peachtree City Police, a washout has forced the closure of a portion of Flat Creek Road.

11:13 AM | A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for portions of Rockdale, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Coweta and Clayton counties until 5:15 pm on Saturday.

At 11:12 a.m., Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall amounts across the warned area. Two-to-4 inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin in that area shortly. 

11:02 AM |  A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for portions of north Georgia, including much of metro Atlanta until Sunday evening. 

Counties included in the flood watch include Barrow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Newton, Pickens, Rockdale, Union, Walton, Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Towns, White, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and Troup.

Rounds of heavy rainfall can be expected across the area. Amounts of 2-to-3 inches may occur in a short period of time, bringing with it the potential for flash flooding across the area.

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