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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 6:57 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...
Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 345 AM EDT.

* At 257 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Haletown (guild) to near Rising Fawn to near
Rainsville, 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, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville,
Chickamauga, Trion, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga Valley, La
Fayette, Menlo, Center Post, Blue Spring, Fairview, Linwood,
Cloudland, Chattanooga  Valley, Hooker, Cloudland Canyon State
Park, and Cooper Heights.

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 northwestern
Georgia.

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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
TORNADO WATCH 59, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

CATOOSA               DADE                  WALKER
WHITFIELD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALTON, FORT OGLETHORPE, LAFAYETTE,
AND TRENTON.

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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