Active Weather Alerts
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:36 AM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia... Murray County in northwestern Georgia... Central Floyd County in northwestern Georgia... Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia... Southeastern Walker County in northwestern Georgia... Gordon County in northwestern Georgia... Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia... Northwestern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia... * Until 415 AM EDT. * At 336 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from East Brainerd to near Naomi to Broomtown, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Rome, Dalton, Calhoun, Summerville, Chatsworth, Ringgold, Adairsville, Trion, Varnell, Eton, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Resaca, Plainville, Shannon, Lyerly, Crandall, Pinson, Subligna, and Beaverdale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for north central and northwestern Georgia. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:32 AM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR CATOOSA...WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES... At 332 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Lookout Mountain to near Cooper Heights to near Desoto State Park, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lafayette, Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Trion, La Fayette, Menlo, Naomi, Center Post, Noble, Lakeview, Indian Springs, Wood Station, Graysville, Blue Spring, Fairview, Linwood, Boynton, Beaumont, and Cloudland. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for northwestern Georgia. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 5:08 AM Mar. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 59 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FANNIN GILMER PICKENS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BARTOW CHATTOOGA FLOYD GORDON MURRAY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLUE RIDGE, CALHOUN, CARTERSVILLE, CHATSWORTH, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, COLWELL, DIAL, ELLIJAY, EPWORTH, HEMP, HIGDON, JASPER, ROME, AND SUMMERVILLE.
Freeze Warning
Issued: 6:47 PM Mar. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central Georgia. * WHEN...From 11 PM Monday to 10 AM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly. &&
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