2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The cold front that was across the mid-Mississippi Valley on the 13th had moved into Georgia early on the 14th, continuing to shift south through the day. A very warm and unstable tropical airmass was in place ahead of the front, and several showers and thunderstorms developed.
Read the full account →The strong upper high remained over the Plains and desert Southwest, with a weak upper low across the Bahamas and an upper trough over Canada. A weak surface front was in place as well, stretching from the Great Lakes to the mid-Mississippi Valley.
Read the full account →An intense Gulf storm produced 5 to 12 inches of rain across much of southwest Georgia on March 7-9 which caused widespread flooding. Baker, Ben Hill, Cook, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Decatur, Early, Brooks, Colquitt, Clay, Seminole, Calhoun, Thomas,…
Read the full account →A major, negatively tilted and closed upper trough rotated through the mid-south and southeast U.S. on March 1st. A 150kt jet was located over the region at 250mb with a strong 50kt low-level jet from central Alabama into central Tennessee.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Jeanne moved north across south central Georgia during the early morning hours of September 27. Maximum sustained winds up to 40 knots with peak gusts to 50 knots were reported. The lowest sea-level pressure was 987.8 mb at Valdosta, GA.
Read the full account →An intense Gulf storm produced 5 to 12 inches of rain across much of southwest Georgia on March 7-9 which caused widespread flooding. Baker, Ben Hill, Cook, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Decatur, Early, Brooks, Colquitt, Clay, Seminole, Calhoun, Thomas,…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall on Saturday, August 23rd near Carrabelle, Florida, then continued on a steady westward path across the Florida Panhandle.
Read the full account →The Southeast remained in an active northwest flow pattern on the 7th, with yet another upper level disturbance moving through the area. Similar to what happened on August 1st, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the morning on the 7th as a result of the disturbance,…
Read the full account →A historical, record, and catastrophic flood event unfolded during this period, mostly in the west central Georgia area, including the western and northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.
Read the full account →A historical, record, and catastrophic flood event unfolded during this period, mostly in the west central Georgia area, including the western and northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.
Read the full account →A cold front pushed across the Southeast U.S. on the 11th, with a very moist airmass in place ahead of the front. Once again, widespread showers and thunderstorms developed.
Read the full account →A weak but persistent upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. and ample tropical moisture combined to produce multiple rounds of precipitation over Central Georgia the evening of the 21st through the afternoon of the 22nd.
Read the full account →The atmosphere over north Georgia was unstable and very moist due to precipitable water values approaching two inches. Nearly stationary or slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall of 3 to 5 inches in less than two hours over south portions of Clarke County in the…
Read the full account →The atmosphere over north and central Georgia was extremely moist and unstable, with copious amounts of moisture accompanying severe storms beginning on January 21st.
Read the full account →A broad cutoff upper low, which had been located over central Texas, was beginning to move very slowly east by the 16th. This upper low, in combination with unusually deep tropical moisture across the region for mid-September, began an extensive period of showers and…
Read the full account →An intense Gulf storm produced 5 to 12 inches of rain across much of southwest Georgia on March 7-9 which caused widespread flooding. Baker, Ben Hill, Cook, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Decatur, Early, Brooks, Colquitt, Clay, Seminole, Calhoun, Thomas,…
Read the full account →An intense Gulf storm produced 5 to 12 inches of rain across much of southwest Georgia on March 7-9 which caused widespread flooding. Baker, Ben Hill, Cook, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Decatur, Early, Brooks, Colquitt, Clay, Seminole, Calhoun, Thomas,…
Read the full account →Heavy rain, associated with the remnants of Hurricane Dennis (moving north-northwest through western Alabama and eastern Mississippi), affected nearly all of north and central Georgia from the afternoon of Sunday July 10th through the morning hours of Monday July 11th.
Read the full account →An upper low continued to deepen across the northeast U.S. and was digging southward into the southeast United States A strong cold front was moving south from the Ohio Valley toward the southeast United States.
Read the full account →A historical, record, and catastrophic flood event unfolded during this period, mostly in the west central Georgia area, including the western and northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.
Read the full account →A historical, record, and catastrophic flood event unfolded during this period, mostly in the west central Georgia area, including the western and northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.
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