Jul 9, 2008
While the upper low to the northeast of Georgia, across the mid-Atlantic was weakening, a weak upper trough lingered across this region. This combined with typical July heat and humidity was more than adequate for another afternoon of significant pulse thunderstorms, several of which became severe. The activity lingered into the early morning hours of the 9th. There was even one fatality in Banks county in northeast Georgia when a tree fell on a house. The slow movement and clustering of thu
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 126039). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dawson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.