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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1246 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-
FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON-CARROLL-
DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARIETTA, SUMMERVILLE, WOODSTOCK, DALTON,
DALLAS, CARTERSVILLE, BREMEN, CHATSWORTH, ELLIJAY, HIAWASSEE,
FRANKLIN, LAFAYETTE, DOUGLASVILLE, CARROLLTON, EAST POINT, FORT
OGLETHORPE, BLAIRSVILLE, ATLANTA, CALHOUN, DAHLONEGA, CUMMING,
TRENTON, BLUE RIDGE, CLEVELAND, NEWNAN, GAINESVILLE, JASPER,
CEDARTOWN, ROME, AND DAWSONVILLE
1246 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA, CHEROKEE, COBB, DAWSON, DOUGLAS, FANNIN, FORSYTH, GILMER,
HALL, LUMPKIN, NORTH FULTON, PICKENS, SOUTH FULTON AND UNION. IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA, TOWNS AND WHITE. IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA, BARTOW,
CARROLL, CATOOSA, CHATTOOGA, DADE, FLOYD, GORDON, HARALSON, MURRAY,
PAULDING, POLK, WALKER AND WHITFIELD. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA,
COWETA AND HEARD.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* 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 MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AN ANOMALOUSLY ELEVATED
MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT EXISTS OVER NORTH GEORGIA WHICH HAS RESULTED
IN HIGH RAIN RATES (2"+/HOUR) THAT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR
FLASH FLOODING. CONVECTIVE RAINFALL (SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS)
MAY REPEATEDLY TRAIN OVER AREAS, AND HAVE LOCALLY HIGH ENOUGH
RAINFALL RATES TO INDUCE FLASH FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND
URBAN AREAS, AS WELL AS CREEKS AND STREAMS PRONE TO FLASH
FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. PLEASE TAKE EXTRA CAUTION IF
PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES NEAR BODIES OF WATER.
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