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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 12, 2025Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2025, 12:14 AM EDT for Toombs 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
May 12, 2025, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2025, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

393 
WGUS52 KFFC 120414
FFWFFC
GAC279-121015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0007.250512T0414Z-250512T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1214 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Toombs County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 615 AM EDT Monday.

* At 1214 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 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...
  Lyons, Vidalia, Santa Claus, South Thompson, Johnson Corner, 
  Toombs Central, Center, New Branch, Rock Springs, Ponderosa, Cedar 
  Crossing, Ohoopee, English Eddy, Grays Landing, Normantown and 
  McNatt Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3233 8241 3230 8236 3229 8235 3229 8223
      3216 8219 3192 8222 3193 8227 3194 8229
      3194 8230 3195 8231 3195 8232 3194 8231
      3196 8238 3197 8248

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$
1 follow-up statement
897 
WGUS72 KFFC 121012
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
612 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

GAC279-121022-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250512T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Toombs GA-
612 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR 
TOOMBS COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Additional waves of rain and thunderstorms 
will be possible later this afternoon and flooding potential will 
need to be monitored once more. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 3233 8241 3230 8236 3229 8235 3229 8223
      3216 8219 3192 8222 3193 8227 3194 8229
      3194 8230 3195 8231 3195 8232 3194 8231
      3196 8238 3197 8248

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd38 min
May 12, 8:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield28 min
May 12, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper25 min
May 12, 10:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth23 min
May 12, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
May 12, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade27 min
May 12, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll30 min
May 12, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson30 min
May 12, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs38 min
May 12, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe29 min
May 12, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding37 min
May 12, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes35 min
May 12, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison38 min
May 12, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler32 min
May 12, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler47 min
May 12, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson28 min
May 12, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
May 12, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison50 min
May 12, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren28 min
May 12, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson22 min
May 12, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren, Wilkes42 min
May 12, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Johnson56 min
May 12, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs26 min
May 12, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren, Wilkes46 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.