Aug 18, 2015
Tropical moisture combined with slow moving thunderstorms to produce heavy rain over portions of North Georgia in the evening. Around 4 inches of rain occurred in less than two hours to cause flash flooding in southern Oconee County. An isolated severe thunderstorm was also reported in North Georgia.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 595069). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Oconee County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.