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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1138 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2026
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-
POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE, LAFAYETTE, DAWSONVILLE, ROME,
ELLIJAY, WOODSTOCK, CEDARTOWN, JASPER, CHATSWORTH, DAHLONEGA,
CARTERSVILLE, BLUE RIDGE, DALTON, CALHOUN, CLEVELAND, FORT
OGLETHORPE, TRENTON, HIAWASSEE, AND SUMMERVILLE
1138 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND NORTHWEST
GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, FANNIN, GILMER, LUMPKIN, PICKENS AND
UNION. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, TOWNS AND WHITE. IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA,
BARTOW, CATOOSA, CHATTOOGA, DADE, FLOYD, GORDON, MURRAY, POLK,
WALKER AND WHITFIELD.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY WHEN A FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH ENDING THE THREAT. WIDESPREAD 2-3" OF RAIN WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4+" WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE
RAINFALL (THUNDERSTORMS) WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THE
EARLY MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT, WHICH MAY HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY
ENOUGH RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLASH FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE
ANTECEDENT RAINFALL. LARGER STEM RIVERINE FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED GIVEN THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND LOW BASE STATE THESE
RIVERS ARE STARTING FROM.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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