Widespread rain and embedded thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia beginning Sunday afternoon and continuing through much of the night, with high rainfall rates creating the potential for localized flash flooding. The National Weather Service says severe weather is not anticipated, but thunderstorms could return by Saturday.
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for north and central Georgia for
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What is in the Hazardous Weather Outlook?
The hazardous weather outlook states the following:
419 AM EDT Sun Oct 4 2026
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.
.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight…
Widespread rain and embedded thunderstorms will overspread the
area this afternoon and persist through much of tonight. Any
showers and storms will be efficient rainfall producers with high
rainfall rates, potentially causing localized flash flooding
concerns. Otherwise, severe weather is not anticipated..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Monday through Saturday…
The chance for thunderstorms will return by Saturday.
Counties included in the alert
- Baldwin
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartow
- Bibb
- Bleckley
- Butts
- Carroll
- Catoosa
- Chattahoochee
- Chattooga
- Cherokee
- Clarke
- Clayton
- Cobb
- Coweta
- Crawford
- Crisp
- Dade
- Dawson
- DeKalb
- Dodge
- Dooly
- Douglas
- Emanuel
- Fannin
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Forsyth
- Gilmer
- Glascock
- Gordon
- Greene
- Gwinnett
- Hall
- Hancock
- Haralson
- Harris
- Heard
- Henry
- Houston
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Jones
- Lamar
- Laurens
- Lumpkin
- Macon
- Madison
- Marion
- Meriwether
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Murray
- Muscogee
- Newton
- North Fulton
- Oconee
- Oglethorpe
- Paulding
- Peach
- Pickens
- Pike
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Rockdale
- Schley
- South Fulton
- Spalding
- Stewart
- Sumter
- Talbot
- Taliaferro
- Taylor
- Telfair
- Toombs
- Towns
- Treutlen
- Troup
- Twiggs
- Union
- Upson
- Walker
- Walton
- Warren
- Washington
- Webster
- Wheeler
- White
- Whitfield
- Wilcox
- Wilkes
- Wilkinson
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