Flash Flood Watch
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1206 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

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Murray-Gordon-Pickens-Floyd-Bartow-Cherokee-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-
Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-Heard-
Including the cities of Calhoun, Douglasville, Rome, Chatsworth,
Franklin, Cartersville, Carrollton, Woodstock, Bremen, Cedartown,
Jasper, Dallas, and Marietta
1206 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Watch is cancelled for portions of north central,
northwest, and west central Georgia, including the following areas,
in north central Georgia, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas and Pickens. In
northwest Georgia, Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray,
Paulding and Polk. In west central Georgia, Heard.

While flooding due to excessive rainfall is no longer expected to
pose a threat, local rises to rivers, creeks, and streams will still
remain possible. Please continue to heed any road closures.

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Jackson-Madison-North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-
Oglethorpe-Wilkes-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-Newton-
Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-
Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-Upson-
Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-
Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-
Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-
Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-
Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-Montgomery-Toombs-
Including the cities of Cordele, East Point, Preston, Comer,
Hawkinsville, Peachtree City, Louisville, Jackson, Lawrenceville,
Forsyth, Griffin, Manchester, Lumpkin, Stockbridge,
Crawfordville, Dawsonville, Monticello, Zebulon, Cochran,
Thomaston, Homer, Riverdale, Atlanta, Ellaville, Cleveland, Pine
Mountain, Wrightsville, Americus, Sparta, Cumming, Warrenton,
Abbeville, Eastman, Decatur, Talbotton, Dublin, Swainsboro,
Barnesville, Vidalia, Macon, Toomsboro, West Point, Soperton,
Montezuma, Gainesville, Mcrae, Crawford, Watkinsville,
Jeffersonville, Fort Benning, Warner Robins, Blairsville, Gray,
GIbson, Covington, Vienna, Milledgeville, Hiawassee, Washington,
Conyers, Athens, Commerce, Newnan, Monroe, Madison, Alamo,
Ellijay, Mount Vernon, Eatonton, Fort Valley, Buena Vista,
Sandersville, Columbus, Blue Ridge, Butler, Dahlonega,
Greensboro, Winder, and Roberts
1206 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central,
  northeast, southeast, and west central Georgia, including the
  following areas, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley,
  Butts, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Jasper, Jones,
  Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Telfair,
  Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia,
  Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson,
  Taliaferro, Treutlen, Warren, Washington and Wilkes. In north
  central Georgia, Barrow, Clayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Fannin, Fayette,
  Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin, Morgan, Newton,
  North Fulton, Rockdale, South Fulton, Union and Walton. In
  northeast Georgia, Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee,
  Oglethorpe, Towns and White. In southeast Georgia, Toombs. In west
  central Georgia, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Lamar, Macon,
  Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Schley, Spalding, Stewart,
  Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson and Webster.

* WHEN...Through Wednesday 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...
  - A very moist airmass will remain in place across the region
    over the next several days. Multiple rounds of scattered to
    numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across much
    of north and central Georgia through Tuesday. Widespread 2 to
    4 inch totals with isolated totals up to 5 inches have
    already been observed within the watch area since Saturday.
    Additional rainfall of 1 to 2.5 inches with isolated higher
    amounts of 5 to 6 inches remain possible through Wednesday
    evening.
  - 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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