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Flash Flood — Paulding, GA

Dec 30, 2021

Within an unseasonably warm and moist low-level environment, a strong southwest upper level flow with an intense mid-level shortwave ejecting across the Central Plains/Midwest regions resulted in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms (along with heavy rain) across north Georgia during the evening and overnight hours of 29-30 December 2021. The remnant boundary/front settled over central Georgia during the afternoon of 30 December 2021 which resulted in redevelopment of scattered strong to sev

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1005821). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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