Dec 2, 2009
An intense closed upper low was rotating northeast from a mean central U.S. upper trough. A strong surface low was located across the lower Mississippi Valley and mid-Gulf coastal region, with a warm front extending eastward across central Georgia. Warm, moist Gulf air was surging north into central Georgia as the warm front moved northward. Strong dynamics combined with the increasingly unstable, moist air mass to produce widespread heavy rain and scattered strong thunderstorms. Several of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 207171). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Monroe County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.