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1 concurrent flood warnings — 5 counties affected
This is a severe-significance flood outbreak event affecting Fannin County, GA; Polk County, TN; Union County, GA; Lumpkin County, GA; Catoosa County, GA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Outbreak
- Extent
- ≈ 591,067 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
Each shaded area is one covered warning's reported footprint — this outbreak groups the 7 warnings listed below, colored by hazard type. Press Play below to watch each footprint appear in the order it was issued. Pan and zoom to explore the map.
Interactive affected-area map
Fannin County, GA; Polk County, TN; Union County, GA; Lumpkin County, GA; Catoosa County, GA · ≈ 930 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-08-02 07:01 UTC · snapshot 7 of 7
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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.
- News WSB-TV
Flooding, power outages keep north Georgia town without clean water
- Storm report NWS FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Mccaysville-Copperhill, GA
Picture from the public shows an estimated 1 to 2 feet of water over the road near the intersection of Blue Ridge Drive and Casteel Street. Rainfall estimates in the area of 5 to 7 inches in less than 4 hours.
- Storm report NWS MRX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SSE Ducktown, TN
Several road closures near Copperhill.
- Storm report NWS FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Mccaysville-Copperhill, GA
Local official reports significant flooding around the city of McCaysville after an estimated 4 to 6 inches of rain fell in the area over a 3 hour period.
Show 12 earlier updates
- NWS FFC storm report Storm report
- NWS FFC storm report Storm report
- Durham Herald Sun News
UPDATE: Flood advisory issued for Cherokee County until 2 a.m. Sunday
- NWS Morristown TN Bulletin
- NWS FFC storm report Storm report
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
- NWS Morristown TN Bulletin
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
- NWS Peachtree City GA Bulletin
- AOL.com News
Front increases storm chances, Flood watch issued for far north Georgia
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.
Warnings covered
Warnings this outbreak covered
This page tracks the outbreak as a whole; each entry below is one official warning thread with its own live status, map and update log.
- Flash Flood Warning — Catoosa, GA +1Catoosa, GA; Whitfield, GAsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Cherokee, NC +1Cherokee, NC; Polk, TNsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Fannin, GAFannin, GAsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Fannin, GA +2Fannin, GA; Lumpkin, GA; Union, GAsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Fannin, GA +1Fannin, GA; Polk, TNsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Lumpkin, GA +3Lumpkin, GA; Towns, GA; Union, GA; White, GAsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Lumpkin, GA +1Lumpkin, GA; Union, GAsevereEnded