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Flash Flood — Emanuel, GA

Jul 11, 2008

A cold front continued to approach Georgia from the northwest. Weak short waves were embedded within a weak westerly flow aloft as a broad ridge of high pressure covered much of the southern U.S. These combined with the usual warm, moist atmosphere in place in July to result in a continuation of scattered to numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms. One particular area that was hard hit was Emanuel county in east central Georgia. Several outflow boundaries from earlier afternoon thunders

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 126169). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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