Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week have a potential to cause a lot of problems for agricultural producers and others, starting on Monday afternoon into evening. A strong slow-moving weather system is building to our west and has already caused significant damage from supercell thunderstorms in Arkansas tonight. This system will move slowly to the east over the next few days, bringing the chance of severe weather, including tornadoes, hail and high winds, to Georgia, starting in the northwest on Monday afternoon and evening and moving to south and east Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday. A potentially even bigger problem from this system is the heavy rains that are forecast to come with this system, including up to 5-6 inches by Wednesday morning according to some forecast models. Coupled with the already wet soils and high stream levels already occurring, localized flooding is highly likely in the areas that receive the highest rainfall amounts. These wet conditions are likely to hinder field work for several days after the system passes. Fortunately, dry weather should return to the area for the next few days after this storm moves on.
