MARIETTA — Heavy rains caused minor flooding Monday and forced water out of Cobb’s creeks again.

Although the recent rainfall is of no comparison to last month’s downpours that caused record flooding, forecasters and emergency officials are keeping a watchful eye on more showers that are likely tonight and tomorrow.

“Right now, we’re keeping our heads up for the next 24 hours,” Mike Leary, forecaster with the National Weather Service, said Monday.

There is expected to be a “nice dry slot” today that will “help rivers ease off a little bit,” he said, but more rain is

forecasted.

The Weather Service issued a flood warning until Wednesday afternoon for Sweetwater Creek, which swelled and infiltrated a large number of Austell homes last month. The creek was forecasted to rise to 12.7 feet by this morning, receding back down below flood stage by late Wednesday. A large field at West Creek Stables, which is adjacent to Sweetwater Creek crossing at Old Marietta Road, was flooded Monday.

Moderate flooding, where water begins to enter houses, begins at 13 feet for Austell’s Sweetwater Creek.

Austell Mayor Joe Jerkins said, “As long as we don’t get more than what they are talking about, I think we will be OK.”

The mayor said he believed the city had received about 5 inches of rain by Monday afternoon.

At noon Monday, Sope Creek near Marietta was 1.3 feet above its 12-foot flood stage. The Weather Service reported minor flooding of yards near Lower Roswell Road.

Leary said Marietta received 2.75 inches of rain in 12 hours Monday.

During which time, officials were closely monitoring the Chattahoochee River where it passes through Cobb.

Lanita Lloyd, deputy director for Cobb’s Emergency Management Agency, said the Chattahoochee at Vinings rose to around 17 feet Monday afternoon, before beginning to recede. The river’s flood stage — where minor flooding occurs – is at 14 feet.

Minor flooding means water will rise into some people’s back yards, Lloyd said. The moderate flooding level for the Chattahoochee, where water begins to enter homes, is 18 feet, she said.

“We were getting a little concerned,” Lloyd said.

Cobb Police Sgt. Dana Pierce said Monday, “We’ve been sending uniform cars to areas of standing water,” including areas around Sweetwater Creek, the intersection of Sandy Plains Road and Gordy Parkway, and areas around Barrett Parkway and New Salem Road.

On Monday afternoon, Jerkins said water had begun flowing over Jones Road, which he said is always the first to get flooded.

A county spokeswoman said two roads in unincorporated Cobb closed, but reopened, Monday due to the recent rains. Those were Eula Drive by Keheley Road in east Cobb and North Hadaway Road north of Due West Road in West Cobb.

Pierce said there have been a “normal amount of accidents due to inclement weather,” but no accidents were caused by motorists trying to cross high waters.

He tells drivers to, “Please, slow down.”

There is a 90 percent chance of rain tonight and Wednesday. The Weather Service forecasts a 60 percent chance of rain Thursday and Thursday night, dropping to a 20 percent chance Friday.