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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2026, 9:49 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 5, 2026, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2026, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
621
WGUS52 KFFC 060149
FFWFFC
GAC145-215-060745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0025.260706T0149Z-260706T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
949 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Harris County in west central Georgia...
Western Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
* Until 345 AM EDT.
* At 949 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 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...
Columbus, Bibb City, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Fortson, Laurel
Hills, Kenwood, Flat Rock, Edgewood, Green Island Hills, Highland
Park, Rose Hill, Vista Terrace, Mulberry Grove, Saint Marys Hills,
Avondale, Midland, Cataula, Benning Park and Carter Acres.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3260 8508 3266 8497 3266 8484 3260 8480
3248 8486 3240 8497 3241 8498 3242 8496
3244 8497 3245 8500 3247 8500 3249 8499
3251 8500 3254 8502 3254 8503 3258 8507
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 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.