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Flash Flood — Cherokee, GA

Aug 20, 2010

While a strong subtropical ridge persisted across most of the southern United States, the remnants of Tropical Depression Number Five (TD5) continued to circulated around the subtropical ridge. With the ridge at this time centered near New Orleans, the remnants of tropical depression number five had once again moved into Georgia. Meanwhile...a weak frontal system had stalled across north Georgia, being pushed southward by a short wave moving through the Ohio Valley. The combination of the fro

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 257842). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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