Update published on June 26, 2025 @ 9 p.m.:
Northeast Georgia is now out of the flash flood warning put into effect at around 6 p.m. Thursday.
There is still a hazardous weather outlook for north and central Georgia for this weekend.
The storm that rushed through the area earlier caused downed lines, trees in the road, and flood-like conditions in the streets.
Power outages have largely subsided, but there are still nearly 2,000 reported in the region.
The following list by county outlines where the power outages are still affecting residents in the region as of 9 p.m. Thursday:
Hall: 1,240 (646 Georgia Power, 594 Jackson EMC)
Stephens: 178 (mostly Georgia Power, some Hart EMC)
Jackson: 173 (Georgia Power)
Forsyth: 86 (mostly Sawnee EMC, some Georgia Power)
Gwinnett: 59 (mostly Georgia Power, some Jackson EMC)
Dawson: 34 (Georgia Power and Sawnee EMC)
Lumpkin: 33 (Georgia Power and Jackson EMC, some Sawnee EMC)
Banks: 5 (Georgia Power)
Rabun: 5 (Georgia Power)
Habersham: 2 (Habersham EMC)
Barrow: 0
Towns: 0
White: 0
Original story published on June 26, 2025 @ 5:50 p.m.:
Another round of afternoon thunderstorms has caused power outages in northeast Georgia.
Georgia Power is reporting 11 outages in Gainesville affecting 4,570 customers with a restoration time of 6:15 p.m.
They also report 3 outages affecting 1,275 Dawsonville residents with a restoration time of 5:45 p.m.
Jackson EMC reports 1,685 outages in Hall County, 769 in Lumpkin County and 6 in Gwinnett and Madison Counties.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flash flood warning in effect for Hall County until 8:30 p.m.
There have also been reports of downed trees and roads closed throughout the northeast Georgia region.
A caller told AccessWDUN that Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at E.E. Butler Parkway was closed off, with them saying it looked like the road was flooded.
Jeff Gerrell with The Clean DJ called AccessWDUN and reported seeing multiple wrecks, with a Coca-Cola truck flipped over just north of Quillian Corner's intersection with U.S. 129. He also reported a car with a tree on top of it just before Enota Elementary on Enota Avenue.
Photos on Eyewitness News Hall County abound, with an anonymous poster sharing a car halfway submerged on Branch Street in Gainesville.
Links to outage maps can be found below:
https://outagemap.jacksonemc.com/
https://outagemap.georgiapower.com/external/default.html/?hp=tm_po_view_outage_map
