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Flash Flood — Talbot, GA

Apr 19, 2020

A warm front over central Georgia combined with low pressure riding along this boundary produced wind damage and enhanced rainfall over the area. ||An axis of extremely heavy rainfall set up in a zone from Columbus to Warner Robins as the result of training storms along the warm front. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were common, resulting in flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 887548). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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