Oct 10, 2014
A stationary front over the Tennessee Valley separated very warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico over Georgia from cooler air over Kentucky. A series of weak upper-level short waves combined with strong diurnal heating in the afternoon and early evening to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across North Georgia. Some of the thunderstorms produced heavy rain of 1.5 to 2 inches in less than two hours as they moved to the east resulting in isolated flash flooding near Ellijay in North Cen
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 544406). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gilmer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.