Dalton Area Weather

05/27/2024

Significant wind damage from this mornings storms across town. What are you seeing?

Due to storm damage, the Riverbend Park Soccer/Football Stadium is closed until further notice. Please stay off field for safety reasons. Thanks WCRD.

05/27/2024

5/27 | 5:28 AM

The the immediate severe threat has passed. There’s still some rain and thunder behind that main line. Tornado watch still active until 9, though I anticipate that will be cancelled sooner for NW Georgia as it was for parts of Tennessee earlier.

05/27/2024

5/27 | 4:53 AM
We just had dime-sized hail in west Rocky Face, which is what's headed to Dalton. Torrential rain, strong winds, and lightning are all still ongoing as well. Whitfield and Murray were added to the tornado watch as expected for now.

05/27/2024

May 27 | 4:32 AM

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Catoosa, Walker, and Whitfield Counties until 5:00 AM.

60 MPH winds and hail and quarter-sized hail is expected. Torrential rain and lightning is ongoing. Take shelter and stay away from windows.

05/27/2024

May 27 | 4:10 AM

A large complex of thunderstorms is marching its way to the east out of Tennessee and Alabama producing damaging winds and potentially larger hail as expected. There are smaller discrete cells that can produce some rotation that I'm watching for this morning so far.

A tornado watch has been issued for counties north and west of Whitfield County, which I am wondering if it will be extended to the west and south as this line marches onward.

05/27/2024

05/26/2024

⚠️ Severe Weather Outlook #1 of 2: Late Tonight into Early Tomorrow (Monday) Morning

An organized area of storms diving southeastward from Tennessee and Alabama will bring the potential for damaging winds, hail, and a brief tornado to portions of north and central Georgia late tonight into early tomorrow morning. Areas shaded in yellow and orange -- where the potential for these storm hazards is greatest -- should especially remain weather aware.

For more detailed information on timing, search for your location at https://www.weather.gov/ffc/

05/09/2024

MAY 9 | 7:17 AM

The Tornado Watch has been canceled for Whitfield County, thus the severe storm risk has now come to an end in Dalton.

We will have some rain still moving through the region, which will aggravate the flooding risk, so remain vigilant of standing water

05/09/2024

Final update:

Our crews have continued to restore power to our members, with only 14 members out of power as of 11:00 p.m. We appreciate your patience and support for our crews throughout this weather event.

6:10 p.m. update.

At this time, we are working to restore power to 153 members affected by 20 scattered outages. Our crews will continue to work around the clock to restore power to all members.

4:30 p.m. update.

NGEMC will continue our efforts around the clock to restore the 508 members who remain without power in 44 scattered outages. We thank you for your patience, and are grateful to all who have contributed to the restoration effort so far.

10:25 a.m. update.

Crews have been in the field all night working to restore power following widespread damage caused by multiple storm systems that swept through the entire service area last night and early this morning. Approximately 9,000 NGEMC members have been impacted in around 200 scattered outage events. As of 10:25 a.m. much progress has been made; however, 2,237 members remain without power in 135 outage events.

More storm activity is forecasted for this morning and the ground is saturated, which makes it difficult to give an accurate estimate of when all power will be restored as additional damage is likely. The operations team anticipates complete restoration may take over 24 hours. Multiple spans of wire are down and the number of broken poles has not been confirmed at this time. We appreciate your patience as the crews work around the clock to safely rebuild and repair the power system in many areas.

Be safe and stay away from downed power lines. For more detailed information on outages in your area, please see our outage map: https://www.ngemc.com/outage/current . Due to the volume and scope of the storm damage, we are unable to provide estimated times of restoration for individual outages.

05/09/2024

MAY 9 | 5:55 AM

Good morning. Several updates:

A line of severe storms is about to sweep through the area as expected. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been posted ahead of the line, Dalton is now under one.

A new Tornado Watch has been issued ahead of this line as these storms also have the potential to spawn a tornado. The chances of a tornado are lower than last night, but it's still vital to pay attention to warnings as they come.

A flash flood warning is still up for Dalton and the surrounding area. With more rain coming, the flooding issues will remain a very critical risk.

05/09/2024

MAY 9 | 12:45 AM

A tornadic supercell thunderstorm with a long history of producing tornadoes is crossing into Walker and Chattooga counties. *At this time, I'm thinking the tornadic portion of the storm will stay SOUTH of Dalton.*

However, there is intense rainfall and wind in the part of the storm that should clip Dalton still, aggravating the existing flooding and wind damage.

05/09/2024

MAY 8 | 11:50 PM

A tornado watch is up until 4 AM. We have already seen one wave of tornadic cells come through and there's more waves expected as the night goes on. Will all be tornadic? Can't be sure. But what you CAN control is having multiple ways to get warnings and knowing what your shelter plan is. Tonight will be bumpy. Be ready.