{"id":667658,"date":"2026-05-27T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667658\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:00:12","slug":"flood-watch-in-effect-for-most-of-north-and-west-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667658\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Watch in effect for most of North and West Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/flood-watch-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"flood watch\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Flood Watch is in effect through Tuesday night for Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Crawford, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, North Fulton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rockdale, Schley, South Fulton, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Towns, Upson, Union, Walker, Walton, Webster, White, Whitfield.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple rounds of heavy rain are expected across Georgia through late today, creating a heightened risk of flash flooding. The atmosphere remains unusually moist, allowing storms to produce high rainfall rates. Areas that experience repeated rounds of showers or thunderstorms may see rapid flooding, especially in cities, low\u2011lying locations, and places with poor drainage. Creeks and streams are also vulnerable to quick rises.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-395915 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hrrr-atlanta-total_precip_inch-9969600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\"  \/>Total rainfall through Thursday morning via the HRRR model\n<\/p>\n<p>For flood safety information, visit: weather.gov\/safety\/flood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395914 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779868812_659_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p> Print Article<\/p>\n<p>                            Don\u2019t miss what everyone in town is talking about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">Join 4,000+ locals and choose our free newsletter covering news, events and the stories shaping our region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Flood Watch is in effect through Tuesday night for Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-667658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}