Jul 13, 2013
A 78 acre pond overflowed due to excessive rainfall. Once the earthen dam breached, waters surged across Highway 17, taking numerous trees and debris with it.||In Chatham County, heavy rain produced flash flooding near Savannah. The official rainfall during the day was 2.55 inches, which broke the record for that day.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 471297). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Chatham County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.