Downpours are expected to pick up again Saturday afternoon, but there is a break from the rain in sight.
Northeast Georgia will see the most storm activity, according to the National Weather Service. Isolated thunderstorms cannot be ruled out for Middle and South Georgia. The biggest threat will be flash flooding, a warning for which covered parts of Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett counties Friday evening.
On Sunday, rain will push into Middle and South Georgia, giving northern and eastern Georgia a break from rainfall chances, the Weather Service said. Showers are expected in the afternoon and evening again.
From Friday morning through Monday, the Weather Service predicts that most areas in North and Middle Georgia will get up to an inch of rain. Amounts totaling 2 inches or more are possible in isolated areas where thunderstorms may stall.
If flash flooding does occur, the NWS cautions drivers to not go through waterlogged roads, since most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Scattered thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday are also capable of producing gusty winds.
Some relief from the rain is coming, though. The Weather Service anticipates that a pattern shift will occur Tuesday and Wednesday, and showers will hold off until next weekend in North and Middle Georgia.
Recent days have ushered in a particularly rainy stretch of weather, with daily precipitation totals ranging from 0.05 inches on May 22 to 1.27 inches on May 25, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration online weather data.
The downpours have helped to partially remediate Georgia’s long-running drought conditions, but an extreme and severe drought still exists in most of the state. Parts of southeast Georgia are under an exceptional drought.
As of May 26, extreme drought conditions affected most of Fulton.
“Hopefully we can continue to see those conditions improve,” NWS meteorologist Sam Marlow said Friday.
— Staff writer Vanessa McCray contributed to this report.
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