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Flood — Dooly, GA

Dec 14, 2009

A series of strong southern stream short waves were embedded within a large scale mean trough located across the central into the northeast United States. Moist Pacific and Gulf flow was evident across the southern and southeastern states in advance of these disturbances. This led to multiple rounds of showers and a thunderstorms during the period of the 13th through the 15th until a strong Arctic cold front swept through the entire eastern two-thirds of the U.S., pushing the showers and thund

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 209298). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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