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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 2026Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2026, 11:31 PM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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: May 23, 2026, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2026, 2:07 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 23, 11:48 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Truist Park, GA	Dispatch reported a vehicle stuck in water covering portions of the 1300 block of Terrell Mill Road.
May 24, 12:03 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 S Mount Bethel, GA	Dispatch reported water covering portions of Columns Drive SE near the intersection of Johnson Ferry Rd SE.

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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

889 
WGUS52 KFFC 240331
FFWFFC
GAC067-121-240630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0008.260524T0331Z-260524T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1131 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Cobb County in north central Georgia...
  Northern Fulton County in north central Georgia...

* Until 230 AM EDT.

* At 1131 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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...
  Marietta, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Vinings and Mount Bethel.

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.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3385 8446 3384 8452 3399 8450 3399 8438
      3385 8440

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Culver

1 follow-up statement

023 
WGUS72 KFFC 240607
FFSFFC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
207 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026

GAC067-121-240617-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260524T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cobb GA-Fulton GA-
207 AM EDT Sun May 24 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL COBB AND
NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3385 8446 3384 8452 3399 8450 3399 8438
      3385 8440

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	32 min
May 23, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	27 min
May 23, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	28 min
May 23, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	33 min
May 23, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	28 min
May 23, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	33 min
May 23, 9:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Paulding	2 hr
May 23, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Treutlen	33 min
May 24, 12:30 PM EDT	Flood Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more	58 hr
May 24, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	34 min
May 24, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	31 min
May 24, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pike, Upson	29 min
May 24, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Pike, Upson	29 min
May 24, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	26 min
May 24, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Upson	26 min
May 24, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	27 min
May 24, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	25 min
May 24, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	20 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	32 min
May 24, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	29 min
May 24, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	18 min
May 24, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	16 min
May 24, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	37 min
May 24, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	24 min
May 24, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster	34 min
May 24, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	27 min
May 24, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	26 min
May 24, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	23 min
May 24, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	21 min
May 24, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski	28 min
May 24, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	27 min
May 24, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	26 min
May 24, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski and 2 more	33 min
May 24, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	15 min
May 24, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	15 min
May 24, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	28 min
May 24, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	10 min
May 24, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson	22 min
May 24, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Treutlen	28 min
May 24, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	14 min
May 24, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Madison	18 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.