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Flood — Early, GA

Jun 18, 2023

The middle part of June was unusually stormy across the area. Numerous rounds of strong to severe storms impacted the region with multiple squall lines that produced severe winds as well as supercells that produced large hail and tornadoes. Heavy rain also occurred over a multi-day period, which saturated the ground and led to some instances of flash flooding. ||The synoptic pattern featured well above average 250 mb zonal wind anomalies, which were traceable back to an active subtropical jet

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1111878). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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