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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 21, 2025Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2025, 12:25 AM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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 21, 2025, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2025, 2:35 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Floyd County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

925 
WGUS52 KFFC 210425
FFWFFC
GAC115-210730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0009.250521T0425Z-250521T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1225 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 1225 AM EDT, Emergency management reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 
  1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

  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...
  Rome, Cave Spring, Lindale and Coosa.

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 3423 8545 3428 8535 3430 8523 3433 8503
      3432 8502 3428 8502 3421 8503 3421 8504
      3420 8504 3415 8509 3410 8515 3410 8526
      3408 8526 3408 8533 3409 8542

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

1 follow-up statement

144 
WGUS72 KFFC 210635
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
235 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

GAC115-210645-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250521T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Floyd GA-
235 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3423 8545 3428 8535 3430 8523 3433 8503
      3432 8502 3428 8502 3421 8503 3421 8504
      3420 8504 3415 8509 3410 8515 3410 8526
      3408 8526 3408 8533 3409 8542

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	43 min
May 20, 9:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	36 min
May 20, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	45 min
May 20, 9:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	48 min
May 20, 10:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	39 min
May 20, 10:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	20 min
May 20, 10:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield	26 min
May 20, 10:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield	42 min
May 20, 10:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	50 min
May 20, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray	24 min
May 20, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	48 min
May 20, 11:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	41 min
May 20, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray	47 min
May 20, 11:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	45 min
May 20, 11:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gordon	36 min
May 20, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding and 2 more	41 min
May 20, 11:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	21 min
May 21, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	33 min
May 21, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 4 more	41 min
May 21, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	41 min
May 21, 12:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more	19 min
May 21, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding	26 min
May 21, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	25 min
May 21, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Jackson	37 min
May 21, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	27 min
May 21, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Gwinnett, Oconee and 2 more	26 min
May 21, 1:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	34 min
May 21, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	39 min
May 21, 1:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding	4 hr
May 21, 2:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	23 min
May 21, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	29 min
May 21, 2:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	24 min
May 21, 2:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	26 min
May 21, 2:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry	32 min
May 21, 3:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Henry, Spalding	30 min
May 21, 3:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Henry, Newton	34 min
May 21, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Spalding	24 min
May 21, 3:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Spalding	33 min
May 21, 3:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Monroe, Spalding	30 min
May 21, 3:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Butts, Jasper	18 min
May 21, 4:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper	15 min
May 21, 4:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	40 min
May 21, 4:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
May 21, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	36 min
May 21, 7:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	37 min
May 21, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston	23 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.