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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 29, 202646 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2026, 2:12 AM EST for 46 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2026, 2:12 AM EST (07:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2026, 10:18 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

All 46 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 29, 1:28 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:28 AM EST, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 10:51 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 11:35 AM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.