Just weeks after days long heavy rains left parts of Georgia underwater, heavy rains have returned to the southeast once again.

Throughout the region, the National Weather Service has issued watches and warnings for flooding and flash flooding.

These images are of a waterway on the grounds of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, located to the east of Atlanta. On a regular day, the stream is slow moving and less than an inch deep. Today - with several inches of rain forecasted - the waterway is moving more violently.

At the time these images were taken, the National Weather Service had a Flood Warning in effect for Athens-Clarke County as one batch of rain (falling heavily since early this morning) was beginning to wrap up. A second wave is expected to hit during the evening rush hour.

I'm not sure if this waterway officially has a name but here is a look at how surrounding waterways are doing (as posted in the National Weather Service bulletin):

FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1127 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...   CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR WHITESBURG AFFECTING CARROLL...COWETA AND   HEARD COUNTIES   SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL AFFECTING COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES   YELLOW RIVER NEAR CONYERS BELOW MILSTEAD AFFECTING NEWTON AND   ROCKDALE COUNTIES   OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR MACON AFFECTING BIBB...HOUSTON...JONES...   MONROE AND TWIGGS COUNTIES   MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER NEAR ARCADE AFFECTING BARROW AND JACKSON   COUNTIES   OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD  AFFECTING CLARKE...GREENE AND OCONEE   COUNTIES .RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS...CAUSING THE RIVERS TO RISE. SOME POINTS ALONG THE RIVER SYSTEM WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. THE LATEST STAGE DATA WAS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. && GAC059-133-219-130527- /O.NEW.KFFC.FL.W.0107.091013T0224Z-091016T0712Z/ /PNFG1.2.ER.091013T0224Z.091014T1200Z.091016T0112Z.NO/ 1127 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR   THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR PENFIELD * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AT 10 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET...AND RISING. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE   TO NEAR 18.5 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW   FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 18.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. WARD ROAD FLOODS AND CUTS   OFF ACCESS TO L.C. CURTIS AND SON SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY.   IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD AND NEED TO BE MOVED TO   HIGHER GROUND. $$