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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 12, 2025Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2025, 8:12 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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
May 12, 2025, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2025, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 8:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ese Washington, GAMoving water reported on the roadway on Berkshire Dr, with the road deemed to be impassable.
May 12, 8:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Wsw Washington, GAWilkes County EMS reported that Reese Booker Park was inundated. Photos suggest several inches of water.
May 12, 8:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWashington, GAWilkes County EMS reported a yard inundated with several inches of water on Spring St.
May 12, 8:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWashington, GASeveral inches (at least) of rapidly flowing water over the roadway on Baltimore Rd in Washington.

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2025-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 363 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2025-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

963 
WGUS52 KFFC 130012
FFWFFC
GAC317-130315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.250513T0012Z-250513T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Wilkes County in east central Georgia...

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 812 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...
  Washington, Tignall, Newtown, Danburg, Floral Hill, Mallorysville, 
  Delhi, Lundberg, Rocky Creek Fire Dept., Norman and Ficklin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3366 8283 3378 8284 3388 8281 3397 8275
      3398 8273 3398 8270 3399 8266 3398 8265
      3382 8259 3376 8262 3363 8264 3361 8274
      3366 8281

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen37 min
May 12, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall29 min
May 12, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite28 min
May 12, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson14 min
May 12, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson27 min
May 12, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta38 min
May 13, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts32 min
May 13, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow30 min
May 13, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton25 min
May 13, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton36 min
May 13, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
May 13, 1:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton35 min
May 13, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
May 13, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
May 13, 1:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton23 min
May 13, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow35 min
May 13, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson26 min
May 13, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.