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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Cook, GA

Jul 9, 2005

Hurricane Dennis came ashore along the central Gulf coast on July 10. The lowest sea-level pressure and peak wind gust recorded were 1007.5 mb and 42 mph, respectively, at Albany, GA. Heavy rainfall commenced July 10, and persisted into the early morning hours of July 11. A nearly stationary feeder band from the eastern Florida Panhandle into southwest Georgia produced four to eight inches, with isolated amounts up to a foot. In Colquitt County, flash flooding along the Okapilco Creek in Mou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5464133). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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