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Flood Watch 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 202663 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jun 16, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT for 63 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 18, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2026, 12:22 AM EDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 63 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.