The rain that persisted through much of the weekend continued into Monday, and forecasters are predicting a 30 to 40 percent chance of rain all week.
In west Georgia, a flash flood warning posted Sunday night for Heard, southwestern Coweta and northern Troup counties was allowed to expire at 3:15 a.m. Monday as storms that dumped more than a half-foot of rain Sunday night diminished.
The National Weather Service said as much as 8 inches of rain fell southeast of Franklin between 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Weather Service’s Peachtree City office posted an alert on Facebook just before 11 p.m. warning of a “very dangerous situation in Heard County” and asking motorists to avoid driving on flooded roads.
Atlanta police reported a couple of trees down during Monday morning’s rain, including one on Benjamin E. Mays Drive and another on Hill Street that Georgia Power officials said knocked out electricity to about 150 homes. Statewide, the utility reported 902 customers without power Monday morning.
Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said scattered showers will continue across metro Atlanta Monday afternoon as a low pressure system over the area pulls away to the north.
Minton put the chance of rain at 30 percent Monday, 40 percent Tuesday through Thursday and 30 percent Friday.
Afternoon highs wll be around 84 Monday and Tuesday and 87 Wednesday through Friday, with lows in the low 70s.
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