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Flash Flood — Tattnall, GA

May 11, 2025

Rounds of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms tracked across portions of interior southeast Georgia, producing a few instances of flash flooding. The heavy rain developed near a stationary boundary associated with a surface low situated across the lower Mississippi Valley. Some of the heaviest rain fell across Candler and Tattnall counties where automated rain gages and CoCoRaHS observers reported a range of 5-8 inches of rain. Specific observed amounts include 8.72 inches at the Metter coop

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1263799). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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