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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2025, 9:09 AM EDT for Baldwin County, Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 23, 2025, 9:09 AM EDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2025, 12:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Hardwick, GA | Road Flooding was reported in and around Milledgeville specifically along Helen Rd and on McKinley St. |
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 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
587
WGUS52 KFFC 231309
FFWFFC
GAC009-303-319-231915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0045.250823T1309Z-250823T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
909 AM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Baldwin County in central Georgia...
Northern Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Washington County in east central Georgia...
* Until 315 PM EDT Saturday.
* At 909 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
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...
Milledgeville, Gordon, Ivey, Oconee, Midway-Hardwick, Scottsboro,
Pancras, Hardwick, Allenwood, Coopers, Hebron and Browns Crossing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3310 8340 3318 8321 3316 8315 3312 8311
3308 8312 3305 8310 3307 8307 3286 8289
3288 8331
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
982
WGUS72 KFFC 231651
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1251 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025
GAC009-303-319-231701-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-250823T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baldwin GA-Washington GA-Wilkinson GA-
1251 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR BALDWIN, NORTHERN WILKINSON
AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat, though additional rainfall is possible this afternoon.
Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT Sunday for portions
of central, east central, and southeast Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3310 8340 3318 8321 3316 8315 3312 8311
3308 8312 3305 8310 3307 8307 3286 8289
3288 8331
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 9:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 9:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Monroe, Newton | 5 hr |
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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.