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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 16, 20255 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 2025, 2:04 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 82 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2025, 2:04 AM EDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2025, 3:26 AM EDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

349 
WGUS52 KFFC 160604
FFWFFC
GAC053-145-197-215-263-161200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0004.250316T0604Z-250316T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
204 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Eastern Harris County in west central Georgia...
  Northwestern Marion County in west central Georgia...
  Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
  Southwestern Talbot County in west central Georgia...

* Until 800 AM EDT.

* At 204 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...
  Columbus, Hamilton, Waverly Hall, Upatoi, North Fort Benning, Bibb 
  City, Fort Benning, Midland, Flat Rock, Ellerslie, Kenwood, 
  Cataula, Vista Terrace, Fortson, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, 
  Edgewood, Highland Park, Saint Marys Hills, Laurel Hills and 
  Eelbeck/West Fort Benning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3286 8477 3249 8458 3229 8493 3230 8494
      3232 8500 3234 8500 3236 8498 3237 8499
      3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497 3240 8498
      3241 8498 3242 8496 3244 8497 3245 8500
      3251 8500 3254 8502 3258 8507 3260 8508

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

1 follow-up statement

714 
WGUS72 KFFC 160726
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
326 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

GAC053-145-197-215-263-160736-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250316T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Marion GA-Muscogee GA-Talbot GA-
326 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE, 
EASTERN HARRIS, NORTHWESTERN MARION, MUSCOGEE AND SOUTHWESTERN 
TALBOT COUNTIES...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3286 8477 3249 8458 3229 8493 3230 8494
      3232 8500 3234 8500 3236 8498 3237 8499
      3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497 3240 8498
      3241 8498 3242 8496 3244 8497 3245 8500
      3251 8500 3254 8502 3258 8507 3260 8508

$$

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 Considerable damage threat	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, 12:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson and 2 more	2 hr
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, 2:11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.