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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 12, 2025Catoosa County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2025, 6:37 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2025, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2025, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Catoosa County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 436 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

716 
WGUS52 KFFC 122237
FFWFFC
GAC047-130430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0039.250812T2237Z-250813T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
637 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 1230 AM EDT.

* At 637 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in 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...
  Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Indian Springs, Boynton, Graysville, 
  Beaumont and Blue Spring.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8501 3491 8502 3490 8502 3486 8505
      3486 8506 3485 8506 3482 8508 3484 8520
      3485 8520 3485 8526 3487 8526 3499 8518
      3499 8498 3497 8498 3497 8500 3494 8500

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
2 follow-up statements
120 
WGUS52 KFFC 130257 RRA
FFWFFC
GAC047-130445-
/O.EXT.KFFC.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-250813T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1057 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 1245 AM EDT.

* At 1057 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing.

  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...
  Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Indian Springs, Boynton, Graysville, 
  Beaumont and Blue Spring.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8501 3491 8502 3490 8502 3486 8505
      3486 8506 3485 8506 3482 8508 3484 8520
      3485 8520 3485 8526 3487 8526 3499 8518
      3499 8498 3497 8498 3497 8500 3494 8500

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
103 
WGUS72 KFFC 130444 RRA
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1244 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

GAC047-130454-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-250813T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catoosa GA-
1244 AM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING 
FOR CATOOSA COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8501 3491 8502 3490 8502 3486 8505
      3486 8506 3485 8506 3482 8508 3484 8520
      3485 8520 3485 8526 3487 8526 3499 8518
      3499 8498 3497 8498 3497 8500 3494 8500

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam28 min
Aug 12, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll34 min
Aug 12, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker7 hr
Aug 12, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite32 min
Aug 12, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Union, White43 min
Aug 12, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFFCCatoosa, Walker6 hr
Aug 12, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.