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Flood Watch 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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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</html>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 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-220900- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 10:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 92 min |
| Aug 21, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 32 min |
Nearby
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.