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

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.

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.

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.