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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT for Gilmer County, Gordon County, Murray 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
- Sep 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2026, 8:12 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
840
WGUS52 KFFC 221000
FFWFFC
GAC123-129-213-221600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0075.260922T1000Z-260922T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
600 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until noon EDT.
* At 600 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 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...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...
Ranger, Carters, Oakman, Tails Creek, Audubon and Redbud.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 8480 3475 8464 3470 8453 3455 8464
3455 8465 3454 8465 3445 8474 3452 8486
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
711
WGUS72 KFFC 221212
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
812 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026
GAC123-129-213-221222-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-260922T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gilmer GA-Gordon GA-Murray GA-
812 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN GILMER,
NORTHEASTERN GORDON AND SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any road closures. Additional showers
and storms will be possible later this afternoon and could pose a
threat for more heavy rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 8480 3475 8464 3470 8453 3455 8464
3455 8465 3454 8465 3445 8474 3452 8486
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 33 min |
| Sep 22, 5:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 27 min |
| Sep 22, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 24 min |
| Sep 22, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 35 min |
| Sep 22, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Sep 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Sep 22, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 32 min |
| Sep 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| Sep 22, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 29 min |
| Sep 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 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.