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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
113 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 GAINESVILLE, DOUGLASVILLE, TRENTON, MARIETTA,
DALTON, CARROLLTON, HIAWASSEE, ROME, BREMEN, CHATSWORTH, LAFAYETTE,
CALHOUN, DALLAS, CARTERSVILLE, NEWNAN, WOODSTOCK, CUMMING, FORT
OGLETHORPE, BLUE RIDGE, BLAIRSVILLE, CLEVELAND, CEDARTOWN, ATLANTA,
ELLIJAY, SUMMERVILLE, JASPER, DAWSONVILLE, FRANKLIN, EAST POINT, AND
DAHLONEGA
113 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* 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 TUESDAY 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 MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT WILL
PERSIST OVER NORTH GEORGIA, RESULTING IN HIGH RAIN RATES
(2"+/HOUR) AND INCREASED CHANCES 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 URBAN AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE, 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.
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