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WEATHER: Flood watch in effect for NWGA, other portions of state as rain moves in to end week

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Well, the warm weather was fun while it lasted. Winter is returning soon, but not before a round of rain that brings with it flood watches for much of Northwest Georgia.

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued a flood watch that was issued in the past minutes for Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, Walker and Whitfield counties. Additional Northeast Counties and the surrounding areas in Alabama also face flood watches heading into the afternoon hours and through Saturday.

Showers and potential thunderstorms are set to start impacting the area in the coming hours and several rounds of rainfall are expected throughout the rest of the day and into Saturday.

Forecasters are expecting at least two to three inches of rain and upward of locally heavier rainfall in some areas bringing four inches over the next two days.

The runoff from this latest front moving through will impact local waterways, low-lying areas and “flood-prone locations” per the NWS watch. Those who live next to streams, creeks and rivers, or in low lying and areas that regularly flood in heavy rain should take immediate precautions in case waters begin to rise overnight with another round of rain moving through.

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NWS Peachtree City’s Flood Watch remains in effect until Saturday evening, January 10, 2026.

Expect any thunderstorm activity overnight following the first round of afternoon showers.

Rain is expected to taper off as the front moves through by Sunday, and temperatures will begin dropping over Saturday night a more winter-like temperatures.

Expect a high today in the 70s for some part of Northwest Georgia, and a low down into the 50s and 60s for some spots.

The warm weather lasts through Saturday during the day with highs up into the 60s again, but then that thermometer will begin dropping down into the 30s overnight.

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Expect highs in the 40s on Sunday and windy conditions with the incoming cold air, with gusts as high as 25 mph at times.

Freezing temps will return on Sunday night with a low down to 23 as skies remain clear through the end of next week, and temperatures hover in the 50s and down into the 20s and 30s overnight.

NO SNOW FOR NWGA: Winter weather impacts unlikely for the area heading into holiday weekend


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Central & East Georgia expecting flurries on Sunday morning

A swath of snow impact is expected in Georgia, but not for the folks up in this neck of the woods.

The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City is defining a line south of I-85 and across I-16 as far southwest as Americus and Columbus and a far north as Toccoa that are expecting snowfall and potentially upward of an inch of accumulation on Sunday, but not much else is going to come of the winter weather event for Northwest Georgia.

Any rainfall that could impact the area is more likely to threaten to become black ice, if any falls at all with the current forecast expecting to remain dry through the weekend and into the MLK Holiday.

Temperatures are expected to be cold in the coming days, with highs in the 40s and 50s around the region and down into the 20s overnight through Sunday, which will get into the upper 30s and low 40s through the region and down into the upper teens and lower 20s overnight.

Expect the MLK holiday forecast to come with sunshine and a high up into the 40s for the day, and down into the teens overnight. The thermometer is going to remain on a swing from the 40s down into the teens through the start of next week heading into chances for rain by Wednesday night and the latter half of the coming week.

Long and short: NWS Peachtree City doesn’t expect any real winter weather for Northwest Georgia, but bitter cold nights are ahead for the region. So stay bundled and indoors whenever possible.

And any winter weather impacts of snow on Central and East Georgia are more likely to wash away with snow predicted to turn to rain on Sunday, but is more likely to freeze overnight unless high winds can dry out roadways beforehand.

Winter weather impacts remain to be felt across a wide swath of the upper Midwest, Great Lakes region and the Northeast as a cold air mass impacts the eastern half of the United States over the coming days. Freezing temperatures are also impacting the Pacific Northwest in much of Washington state and Oregon.

Check back for any updates needed on potential for winter weather over the weekend as they become available.

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