2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical moisture with dewpoint temperatures in the low to mid 70s prevailed over most of Georgia in advance of an upper level trough. An associated cold front ahead of the trough moved through Georgia producing numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms primarily over central…
Read the full account →Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward.
Read the full account →Ample moisture from the Gulf of Mexico combined with a weak upper disturbance to produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding in northwest Georgia June 4th and into June 5th.
Read the full account →Ample moisture from the Gulf of Mexico combined with a weak upper disturbance to produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding in northwest Georgia June 4th and into June 5th.
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 →The combination of the a very unstable atmosphere, the presence of a weak surface trough and the passing of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) produced numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A diffuse frontal boundary lingered just north of the Altamaha River basin. with light SSE steering flow over the area. Precipitable water content was high around 2 inches.
Read the full account →A highly diffluent, deep upper trough, centered across Texas, took on a negative tilt and began to rotate northeast during this period. A strong maritime-Pacific (mP) cold front accompanied the upper trough through the mid-south into the southeast from the early morning hours…
Read the full account →A cold front approached the area from the west early on the 11th as an area of cold air damming in place across northeast Georgia began retreating into the Carolinas.
Read the full account →A cold front approached the area from the west early on the 11th as an area of cold air damming in place across northeast Georgia began retreating into the Carolinas.
Read the full account →Very warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico prevailed over Georgia in advance of a strong storm system that moved through the eastern United States.
Read the full account →A lingering area of cold air damming was in place across northeast Georgia as a strong low over the Gulf lifted northeast, aided potent upper shortwave pushing through the Tennessee Valleys.
Read the full account →A lingering area of cold air damming was in place across northeast Georgia as a strong low over the Gulf lifted northeast, aided potent upper shortwave pushing through the Tennessee Valleys.
Read the full account →A broad closed upper low over the Midwest dropped Southeast on the 28th and 29th, with several shortwaves rotating around the larger low. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed across the area as a result.
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 weak warm front was stalled across central Georgia early on the 18th, and lifted north during the day as a wedge of cool high pressure remained in place across northeast Georgia. An area of low pressure along the Louisiana coast also drifted northeast during the day.
Read the full account →The combination of moist southwesterly flow ahead of a deep trough aloft and a tropical low in the Gulf of Mexico brought copious amounts of moisture to the state on the 5th and 6th.
Read the full account →The combination of moist southwesterly flow ahead of a deep trough aloft and a tropical low in the Gulf of Mexico brought copious amounts of moisture to the state on the 5th and 6th.
Read the full account →An upper low was located over southern Kentucky on the morning of the 19th, with a shortwave trough extending into northern Georgia. Tropical moisture prevailed over Georgia as well.
Read the full account →An upper low was located over southern Kentucky on the morning of the 19th, with a shortwave trough extending into northern Georgia. Tropical moisture prevailed over Georgia as well.
Read the full account →A broad area of surface low pressure was in place from Alabama through the Ohio Valley, with a strong upper level system over the Missouri Valley.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay, which came ashore along the northeast Florida coast, moved slowly westward toward the Florida Panhandle from the 22nd through the 24th. The rain bands from Fay produced sustained winds of 25 to 40 mph with frequent gusts over 45 mph.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moving through the southeast U.S. and the Tennessee Valley forced abundant gulf moisture into Georgia early Christmas Eve Day.
Read the full account →Once again, persistent, deep and strong southwesterly upper-level flow across the eastern U.S. resulted in an extremely moist and moderately unstable atmosphere over North and Central Georgia.
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