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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 12, 2026, 9:34 AM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 95 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2026, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2026, 11:09 AM EDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 9:50 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Lake Val-Do-Mar, GA | Tyson Rd and Veterans Memorial HWY flooding on the roadway near the train tracks. |
| Sep 12, 10:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Lake Val-Do-Mar, GA | Road washed out Harmon Springs Dr at Shoreline Pkwy. |
| Sep 12, 10:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Villa Rica, GA | Corrects previous flash flood report from Villa Rica. Hwy 78 flooded near the 300 block in Villa Rica. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Villa Rica, GA | Street flooding near the intersection of Westview Dr and Village Ln. |
| Sep 12, 10:23 AM EDT | RAIN 4 | Villa Rica, GA | Picture sent on Twitter. |
| Sep 12, 10:35 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Villa Rica, GA | Bay Springs Rd at Daniel Road to 61 closed due to flash flooding. |
| Sep 12, 10:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Villa Rica, GA | South Van Wert from Church Rd to 78 closed due to flooding. |
| Sep 12, 11:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Treasure Lake, GA | W Union Hill Rd impassable at the Dog River Bridge. Water across road. |
| Sep 12, 11:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sse Villa Rica, GA | Cole Rd is flooded and closed. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
918
WGUS52 KFFC 121334
FFWFFC
GAC045-097-121630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0072.260912T1334Z-260912T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
934 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Douglas County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 1230 PM EDT.
* At 934 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Villa Rica, Lake Val-Do-Mar and Winston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8490 3365 8491 3372 8499 3377 8489
3375 8480 3369 8481
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$1 follow-up statement
492
WGUS72 KFFC 121509
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1109 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2026
GAC045-097-121519-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-260912T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carroll GA-Douglas GA-
1109 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
While the heaviest rainfall has moved out of the immediate area,
light rainfall continues. Additional rounds of potentially heavy
rainfall are likely to occur in the area through the afternoon.
Please continue to heed to any road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8490 3365 8491 3372 8499 3377 8489
3375 8480 3369 8481
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 69 min |
| Sep 12, 12:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.