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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1214 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
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BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-
DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-
HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COMMERCE, DECATUR, COVINGTON, HOMER, COMER,
STOCKBRIDGE, CONYERS, RIVERDALE, MONROE, LAWRENCEVILLE, WINDER,
GREENSBORO, WATKINSVILLE, JACKSON, PEACHTREE CITY, MONTICELLO,
ATHENS, CRAWFORD, MADISON, EATONTON, AND GRIFFIN
1214 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL,
NORTHEAST, AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, BUTTS, JASPER AND PUTNAM. IN EAST
CENTRAL GEORGIA, GREENE. IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA, BARROW, CLAYTON,
DEKALB, FAYETTE, GWINNETT, HENRY, MORGAN, NEWTON, ROCKDALE AND
WALTON. IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, BANKS, CLARKE, JACKSON, MADISON,
OCONEE AND OGLETHORPE. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA, SPALDING.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS 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 TODAY. AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT WILL PERSIST
OVER NORTH GEORGIA, RESULTING IN HIGH RAIN RATES 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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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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 SUMMERVILLE, BREMEN, BLUE RIDGE, FRANKLIN,
EAST POINT, DALLAS, GAINESVILLE, MARIETTA, WOODSTOCK, HIAWASSEE,
CEDARTOWN, CARROLLTON, CHATSWORTH, DAWSONVILLE, ROME, ELLIJAY,
JASPER, CUMMING, DALTON, FORT OGLETHORPE, BLAIRSVILLE, NEWNAN,
CARTERSVILLE, DOUGLASVILLE, LAFAYETTE, CLEVELAND, TRENTON, CALHOUN,
DAHLONEGA, AND ATLANTA
1214 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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 THIS 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 TODAY. AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT WILL PERSIST
OVER NORTH GEORGIA, RESULTING IN HIGH RAIN RATES 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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