FloodZoneMap.org

Flash Flood — Haralson, GA

Mar 9, 2011

A broad and highly diffluent upper trough was moving slowly through the south central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A pattern that became all too familiar across the U.S. during the later half of March and much of April. As the trough moved into the eastern U.S. during the 10th and 11th, it deepened significantly and took on a strong negative title across the eastern U.S. This system was associated with widespread severe weather and flooding across the Arklatex region, the lower Mississippi Vall

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288267). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Haralson, GA

This event is one of many recorded floods in Haralson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Haralson County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Tropical Storm$40K damage

Haralson, GA · Sep 11, 2017

On the morning of August 30th Tropical Storm Irma developed rapidly over the eastern Atlantic Ocean, just west of the Cape Verde Islands. Tropical Irma quickly strengthened as it moved west, reaching hurricane strength by the morning of August 31st.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Haralson, GA · Jul 3, 2013

A broad area of surface low pressure was in place from Alabama through the Ohio Valley, with a strong upper level system over the Missouri Valley.

Read the full account →
Flood

Haralson, GA · Sep 7, 2004

All of the flood events below are a result of several hours of moderate to heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Frances.Coweta: The Newnan Times/Herald reported that more than six inches of rain fell across the county during the early morning hours.

Read the full account →
Flood

Haralson, GA · Nov 11, 2009

Hurricane Ida, which formed in the Caribbean and intensified to a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, moved north from the Caribbean across the central Gulf of Mexico and then inland along the U.S. Gulf coast near Mobile, Alabama early on the 10th.

Read the full account →