The National Weather Service in Atlanta has issued a flash flood warning that includes East Cobb through 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
The warning area includes north Fulton, most of the city of Atlanta, DeKalb County and part of south Gwinnett.
Nearly three inches of rain fell in metro Atlanta Saturday afternoon, and low-lying areas of of warning area—especially along the Chattahoochee River and Sope Creek in East Cobb—is susceptible to flooding.
Cobb County government some areas already are flooding, but we don’t have any specific roads as of yet, beyond the East-West Connector in South Cobb.
It doesn’t take much rain for some roads in East Cobb to contain hazardous levels of water; two weeks ago a similar amount of rainfall closed Columns Drive for a while.
The flooding conditions and potential for more flooding will extend into Sunday, with more rain expected.
Drivers are advised not to drive through flooded roads, but should turn around.
The chance of rain in the East Cobb area is 20 percent on Sunday, with patchy fog during the day and the skies clearing by the evening.
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