Gilmer County tracks 6 inches of rain, triggers warnings

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Nov 5, 2026
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All right, let's get right back to meteorologist Jonathan Stacy
watching this system,
this cell that is dropping a good amount of rain in the area.
At least six inches over the past three hours.
This is absolutely an emergency situation.
And for anyone who is in and around the dome.
Gilmer or Fannin County line,
this is a severe situation that's going to only get worse in
terms of the emergency.
We're in a digital age here, so I'm getting
a lot of information on my cell phone, so
that's why I'm trying to get the latest information
to you over the air here while also keeping
tabs to what I may be receiving in.
If you're not familiar with this area,
because heck, 99% of you don't live here, this is
in an area of Gilmer and Fannin County that is where the wineries are.
And it's a very mountainous area, but it's still an area
that many people go to during this time of the year.
They have zip lining there.
If you're thinking about the apple orchards and the places where
you can go and pick up pumpkins and all that kind of stuff,
that's over on the other side of Ellijay,
a little bit farther to the east.
But this is near the winery areas as you get into this area.
I don't want to sleep on the fact that we do have showers
and storms that are flowing over parts of Carroll County tonight.
And then for those of you in Dallas or Douglas County into Dallas.
As you go into Paulding County,
you have some pretty robust downpours hanging out there.
And then added to the mix,
for those of you in Bartow and up next, Cherokee counties,
that energy flows over Gordon County,
Pickens County, and it moves into the same area that
they're already receiving flash floods at.
It moves right into Fannin and Gilmer County.
So that is a concern,
is that this is almost a hose that is going directly up into
Northeast Georgia or North Central Georgia where they
are already under duress from copious amounts of rain hitting the area.
So we're going to continue to watch this influx in this inflow
of moisture. I'm going to take you through the hour by hour timeline
to see exactly when this is going to all come to an end.
And if any more information comes in, I'll share it with you.
All right, Jonathan, thank you so much.
