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Flood Watch 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 13, 202521 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Aug 13, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT for 21 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2025, 11:03 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 21 counties

Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 12, 7:33 PM EDT, 14 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:33 PM EDT, 14 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe29 min
Aug 12, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, White11 min
Aug 13, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion28 min
Aug 13, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup28 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether37 min
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris35 min
Aug 13, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Pickens, Polk66 min
Aug 13, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Pickens, Polk58 min
Aug 13, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee31 min
Aug 13, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Forsyth, Haralson, Paulding, Polk62 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.