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Flash Flood — De Kalb, GA

Sep 8, 2014

Deep tropical moisture persisted across the state. Weak upper-level waves along with strong afternoon heating combined to produce isolated strong to severe thunderstorms each afternoon and evening. Some of these slow moving thunderstorms produce heavy rain of 3 to 5 inches which caused isolated flash flooding in Atlanta metro counties and in Columbus.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 543870). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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