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As Hurricane Debby makes landfall on Monday morning, the storm remains a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds. Parts of Georgia are expected to experience similar storm levels but according to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, LaGrange will miss most of the storm.

National Weather Service meteorologist Ansley Baring said LaGrange and Troup County could see some of the outer bands of Debby starting in the early evening hours on Monday.

The area could see showers and thunderstorms as well as wind gusts up to 25 mph, Baring said.

“The worst of it is going to stay further to the east,” Baring said. “LaGrange is going to fair pretty well.”

For LaGrange, the NWS is forecasting less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall.

The heaviest rainfall will be along a line from Americus, Georgia to Macon primarily south of the Athens area and eastward.

The eastern parts of Georgia should brace for heavier rainfall and higher winds.

Slightly south of LaGrange in Columbus, higher wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph could be observed.

The National Hurricane Center forecasts rainfall totals in Southeast Georgia around Savannah could be as high as 20 inches, potentially leading to flash, urban and river flooding.