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Flood Watch 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 21, 202530 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Aug 21, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT for 30 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 22, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2025, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity
None
All 30 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2025-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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 12:00Z on 2025-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 21, 6:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 5:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
500 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

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500 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central
Georgia this afternoon and evening. A few of these storms may
become strong, capable of producing wind gusts between 40 and 50
mph and frequent lightning. Heavy rainfall will also be possible,
which could lead to isolated flash flooding concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
across Georgia Friday through Sunday, with the greatest coverage
of storms expected between 2 PM and 10 PM each day. The severe
weather risk remains low, but an isolated flooding threat could
develop Friday or Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton39 min
Aug 20, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton31 min
Aug 20, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton2 hr
Aug 20, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette25 min
Aug 20, 10:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton92 min
Aug 21, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding24 min
Aug 21, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton30 min
Aug 21, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton37 min
Aug 21, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb30 min
Aug 21, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike28 min
Aug 21, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Aug 21, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs42 min
Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton32 min
Aug 21, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler37 min
Aug 21, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan28 min
Aug 21, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley31 min
Aug 21, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene32 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Georgia, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.