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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 2025, 12:04 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2025, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 2:26 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nnw Taylorsville, GA | Moving water 2 to 3 feet deep over Iron Hill Road near Taylorsville. Time estimated by radar. |
| Mar 16, 2:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Cartersville, GA | Standing water over roadway 1 to 2 feet deep between the 700 and 1000 block of Burnt Hickory Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| Mar 16, 2:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Cassville, GA | Moving water 2 to 3 ft deep over the road near the intersection of Old Grassdale Rd and Keith Rd just north of Cartersville GA. Time estimated by radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
236
WGUS52 KFFC 160404
FFWFFC
GAC015-045-067-097-115-143-223-233-161000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0003.250316T0404Z-250316T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1204 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Northwestern Douglas County in north central Georgia...
Southern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 600 AM EDT.
* At 1204 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Carrollton, Cartersville, Dallas, Cedartown, Buchanan, Acworth,
Villa Rica, Powder Springs, Bremen, Temple, Rockmart, Euharlee,
Hiram, Tallapoosa, Bowdon, Mount Zion, Emerson, Aragon, White and
Waco.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3403 8541 3432 8473 3385 8466 3344 8530
3345 8529
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
610
WGUS72 KFFC 160626
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
226 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
GAC015-045-067-097-115-143-223-233-160636-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250316T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bartow GA-Carroll GA-Cobb GA-Douglas GA-Floyd GA-Haralson GA-
Paulding GA-Polk GA-
226 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN COBB,
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS, SOUTHERN BARTOW, CENTRAL CARROLL, SOUTHEASTERN
FLOYD, HARALSON, PAULDING AND POLK COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8530 3385 8466 3432 8473 3403 8541
3345 8529
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Floyd and 6 more | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 15 min |
| Mar 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 6 more | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 2:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 82 min |
| Mar 16, 2:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor, Webster | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 7 more | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 3:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 54 min |
| Mar 16, 3:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Pulaski and 4 more | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 3:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 7 more | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 5:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 6:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 40 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 7:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 13 min |
| Mar 16, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 14 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 14 min |
| Mar 16, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 8 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.