Swollen creeks are on the rise in their banks and standing water is slowing traffic on some streets in Carroll County as heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida have prompted flash flood watches and strong wind advisories from the National Weather Service.

The City of Carrollton recorded 2.2 inches of rain from midnight until about 2:30 p.m., but few problems resulting from the downpour, said Tim Grizzard, assistant city manager.

"There’s nothing we would call flooded,” Grizzard said. “I think it’ll be typical of a large rain, but nothing like the flooding we had a few weeks ago.”

Much of the standing water is a consequence of falling leaves clogging the storm drains. Grizzard reminded residents that it is illegal to blow leaves into the street. The leaves need to be bagged and the city will pick them up.

The county was having a few problems dealing with the heavy rains. Public Works closed Bagwell and Four Notch roads in the afternoon because of flooding, but no other problems were reported.

“We’ve had some localized flooding on some county roads,” said Carroll County Emergency Management Agency Director Tim Padgett. “They’re normally the two roads that when we get a little bit of rain they’re closed.”

He wasn’t expecting any more problems as long as the rain continued to fall slowly. The gauge at the EMA office was recording 3.1 inches of rain at about 3:30 p.m., he said. At Snake Creek Reservoir, 3.9 inches of rain had fallen by 4 p.m.

Dr. Bill Murphy, chief meteorologist for Georgia Environmental Protection Division, said the west Georgia area should see a total of 4 to 6 inches of rain, with the most falling in the south and west parts of the county.

“After 8 p.m. tonight we ought to be getting a few more breaks between bands – not sunshine, we’ll still have the clouds around - but as far as the heavier rain bands go, we ought to see fewer of those,” Murphy said. “Then maybe tomorrow morning we might get a brief band or two and that should be it with this system. Then, to me, it looks like we’re pretty dry until say [next] Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday night.”

The flash flood watch, which means conditions may lead to flash flooding, is in effect until Wednesday morning. The rain is not as widespread as the system that came through in September causing massive flooding.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a widespread flooding event,” Murphy said.

The National Weather Service also issued a wind advisory in association with the storm in effect until 7 p.m. Wednesday night. Winds gusting from 20 to 35 m.p.h. could topple water logged trees or cause limbs to fall.

“That’s going to be one of the big things to watch,” Murphy said. “The ground is pretty saturated, and hopefully we won’t get any blowing trees and limbs, things like that.”