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Flash Flood — Heard, GA

May 16, 2009

A broad upper trough and accompanying cold front continued to shift very slowly east from the central U.S. toward the eastern U.S. Large-scale synoptic support combined with an unstable and moist atmosphere supported continued generation of showers and thunderstorms across north and central Georgia for yet another day. Clusters of showers and thunderstorms repeatedly affected Heard county in west central Georgia during the morning hours. Over three inches of rain fell in some parts of the cou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 173007). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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