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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 10, 2026Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2026, 10:27 AM EST for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2026, 10:27 AM EST (15:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2026, 3:28 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

414 
WGUS52 KFFC 101527
FFWFFC
GAC057-102130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0002.260110T1527Z-260110T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1027 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Cherokee County in north central Georgia...

* Until 430 PM EST Saturday.

* At 1027 AM EST, emergency management reported thunderstorms
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches
  of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches
  are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
           drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Canton, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Ball Ground, Nelson, Waleska,
  Buffington, Free Home, Mountain Park, Hickory Flat, Union Hill,
  Lebanon, Bridgemill, Little River Landing, Lathemtown, Sutallee,
  Hobgood Park, Holbrook, Reavis Mountain and Kellogg Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 8464 3430 8456 3438 8451 3438 8444
      3439 8443 3437 8440 3438 8439 3438 8431
      3437 8427 3432 8426 3422 8426 3419 8430
      3418 8435 3414 8436 3412 8437 3411 8442
      3408 8442 3407 8443 3408 8464 3414 8466

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

1 follow-up statement

982 
WGUS72 KFFC 102028
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
328 PM EST Sat Jan 10 2026

GAC057-102038-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260110T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee GA-
328 PM EST Sat Jan 10 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for portions of
north central, northeast, and northwest Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 8464 3430 8456 3438 8451 3438 8444
      3439 8443 3437 8440 3438 8439 3438 8431
      3437 8427 3432 8426 3422 8426 3419 8430
      3418 8435 3414 8436 3412 8437 3411 8442
      3408 8442 3407 8443 3408 8464 3414 8466

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 7:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	40 min
Jan 10, 9:37 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow	4 hr
Jan 10, 9:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin	37 min
Jan 10, 10:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	29 min
Jan 10, 10:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	30 min
Jan 10, 10:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	28 min
Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens	5 hr
Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Fulton	15 min
Jan 10, 11:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and 1 more	50 min
Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	25 min
Jan 10, 11:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Jan 10, 11:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup	38 min
Jan 10, 11:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson, Newton and 2 more	29 min
Jan 10, 12:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	28 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot	30 min
Jan 10, 1:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	18 hr
Jan 10, 4:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	95 min
Jan 10, 4:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	7 hr
Jan 10, 5:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	21 days
Jan 10, 5:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	14 hr
Jan 10, 6:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	23 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.