This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Dawson County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 17 at 2:42PM EDT until July 17 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Dawson, GA; Lumpkin, GA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 68,426 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected areas & guides
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Dawson, GA ≈ 5 mi
Lumpkin, GA ≈ 3 mi
Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Dawson, GA; Lumpkin, GA), colored by its significance. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Dawson, GA; Lumpkin, GA · ≈ 110 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 ESE East Ellijay, GA
Water flowing over Owl Town Rd.
- Storm report NWS MRX storm report
FLOOD — 1 NE Murphy, NC
Estimating a few inches of water on Andrews Rd near Burger King and Bojangles. From social media video forwarded to office via amateur radio operator.
- Storm report NWS FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNW Ellijay, GA
Tree down at Village Park Dr just off Chatsworth Hwy.
- Storm report NWS FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 ENE Mountaintown, GA
Tree down at Zion Hill Rd and Gates Chapel Rd.
Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS FFC storm report Storm report
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.