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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 2026Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee 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 30, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2026, 12:21 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2026-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2026-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

138 
WGUS52 KFFC 310215
FFWFFC
GAC059-219-310515-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0016.260531T0215Z-260531T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1015 PM EDT Sat May 30 2026

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Clarke County in northeastern Georgia...
  Northeastern Oconee County in northeastern Georgia...

* Until 115 AM EDT.

* At 1015 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2 inches in 1
  hour. 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...
  Athens, Winterville, Whitehall, Athens-Clarke County, State
  Botanical Garden Of Ga, Beechwood Hills and Barnett Shoals.

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 3392 8344 3393 8345 3399 8339 3399 8329
      3384 8328 3382 8330 3382 8331

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$
1 follow-up statement
767 
WGUS72 KFFC 310421
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1221 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026

GAC059-219-310431-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260531T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clarke GA-Oconee GA-
1221 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE AND
NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3392 8344 3393 8345 3399 8339 3399 8329
      3384 8328 3382 8330 3382 8331

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 min
May 31, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp38 min
May 31, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee32 min
May 31, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
May 31, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.