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Flash Flood — Dade, GA

Jan 26, 2012

A cold front stretched across the Plains states moved east toward the Mississippi Valley during the day, associated with both a main low pressure system across central Canada and a cutoff upper low over the Southern Plains. Warm, moist air pushed into the Southeast ahead of the front. Convection developed across north and central Georgia as the day progressed, but did not increase in intensity to severe limits. However, rainfall from these storms combined with an already wet ground from storm

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 360329). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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