Oct 10, 2020
During the afternoon and evening of October 10th, as the remnants of Hurricane Delta passed northwest of Georgia, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico spread across the area. Several weak tornadoes occurred in north and central Georgia in addition to pockets of heavy rainfall and flooding across the Atlanta metropolitan area and portions of northeast Georgia.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 926126). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dawson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.