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Flash Flood — Bulloch, GA

May 29, 2016

Bonnie first developed as a Tropical Depression in the western Atlantic just north of the Bahamas on May 27th. The system then tracked in a general northwestward direction and strengthened into a Tropical Storm. Bonnie made landfall as a Tropical Depression in the morning on May 29th on the Isle of Palms in Charleston County. The main impact from Bonnie was torrential rainfall across portions of southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Storm total rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches occurr

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 638897). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Bulloch, GA

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