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Flash Flood — Catoosa, GA

Sep 5, 2011

Tropical Storm Lee formed from a persistent low pressure area off the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts on the south side of a mammoth subtropical ridge centered across the eastern Ohio valley. This occurred during the late few days of August. The system slowly intensified under weak steering currents and moved onshore the Louisiana coast on the 3rd. Tropical Storm Lee was extremely slow moving at this point and consequently dumped excessive rainfall across southeast Louisiana. A sharp upper

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 347572). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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