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Flash Flood — Polk, GA

Jul 6, 2013

The same general pattern remained in place on the 6th that had been in place for the past several days, with a strong upper trough over the center of the country and a strong upper high over the western Atlantic, combining to continue the moist flow into the Southeast. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed in eastern Alabama during the afternoon and moved into northwest Georgia, causing isolated flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 467803). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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