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WGUS62 KFFC 092353
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2026
GAZ031-032-041-100900-
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PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DALLAS, BREMEN, AND MARIETTA
653 PM 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 AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA, COBB. IN
NORTHWEST GEORGIA, HARALSON AND PAULDING.
* 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 AND END THE THREAT. WIDESPREAD 2-4" OF RAIN
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6" POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE
RAINFALL (THUNDERSTORMS) WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THE
EARLY MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT, WHICH MAY HAVE LOCALLY HIGH
ENOUGH RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLASH FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS, AS WELL AS 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 THAT
THESE RIVERS ARE STARTING FROM.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>021-030-100900-
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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, ROME, DAWSONVILLE, TRENTON,
DALTON, HIAWASSEE, CHATSWORTH, CARTERSVILLE, CALHOUN, DAHLONEGA,
ELLIJAY, JASPER, WOODSTOCK, FORT OGLETHORPE, CLEVELAND, SUMMERVILLE,
CEDARTOWN, LAFAYETTE, AND BLUE RIDGE
653 PM EST FRI JAN 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
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 AND END THE THREAT. WIDESPREAD 2-4" OF RAIN
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6" POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVE
RAINFALL (THUNDERSTORMS) WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THE
EARLY MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT, WHICH MAY HAVE LOCALLY HIGH
ENOUGH RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLASH FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS, AS WELL AS 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 THAT
THESE RIVERS ARE STARTING FROM.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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