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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 28 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.