The National Weather Service late in the week extended the flood watch to Sunday morning at 1 a.m., and for good reason as Polk County gets a good washout from another round of rains.
Based on forecasts from the Peachtree City office of the NWS, the system pushing through heading into the afternoon hours should relent sometime after 4 p.m. and begin to clear out heading into the evening hours.
Heading into the overnight hours, a chill will begin to develop and winds will begin to push away the wet weather, but rain and potential thunderstorms are possible up through 10 p.m. Lows will dip down to 42 tonight, and Sunday’s forecast calls for a high of just 49.
Wind gusts could get as high as 25 mph.
No immediate reports of problems from flooding have been reported by the Polk County Emergency Management Agency. As water drains away this evening and into the early morning hours on Sunday, it could collect in low lying areas and cause spots on roadways to pool or overflown with water.
Do no attempt to drive through floodwaters on roadways, since there is a chance it is deeper than expected and could cause individuals to get stuck and require rescue.
Keep an eye on local radar from the Polk County EMA.
A week of cool days and chilly nights is ahead for Polk, as average highs starting on Monday will hover in the 50s and temperatures overnight bouncing in the upper 20s to upper 30s, meaning this brief warmth in Polk at the tail end of January won’t last heading into February.
The first weekend of the coming month is expected to get cloudy and rainy again next Sunday, with rainy weather hanging around until Tuesday.
