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Georgia Flood Stories

2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$15K damage

Tattnall, GA · May 11, 2025

Rounds of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms tracked across portions of interior southeast Georgia, producing a few instances of flash flooding. The heavy rain developed near a stationary boundary associated with a surface low situated across the lower Mississippi Valley.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Candler, GA · May 11, 2025

Rounds of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms tracked across portions of interior southeast Georgia, producing a few instances of flash flooding. The heavy rain developed near a stationary boundary associated with a surface low situated across the lower Mississippi Valley.

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Flash Flood$60K damage

Candler, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$55K damage

Bulloch, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Idalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Elbert, GA · Oct 7, 2021

A slow moving area of upper level low pressure over the Mid-Mississippi Valley pumped semi-tropical weather into north Georgia for a couple of days, resulting in occasional rounds of moderate to heavy in the day leading up to the 7th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Bulloch, GA · Nov 7, 2024

The combination of an impressive tropical airmass (precipitable water values of 2.00-2.50 inches) and deep forcing for ascent produced a large area of very heavy rainfall across southeast Georgia.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Polk, GA · Apr 9, 2019

A surface low associated with a deep upper-level trough swept across north and central Georgia bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lowndes, GA · Aug 30, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.

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Storm Surge/Tide$5.0M damage

Coastal Chatham, GA · Sep 11, 2017

Irma first developed into a tropical storm on August 30th about 420 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, and within 24 hours strengthened into a hurricane. Irma continued to intensify and became a major hurricane over the eastern Atlantic on September 1st.

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Storm Surge/Tide$5.0M damage

Inland Chatham, GA · Sep 11, 2017

Irma first developed into a tropical storm on August 30th about 420 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, and within 24 hours strengthened into a hurricane. Irma continued to intensify and became a major hurricane over the eastern Atlantic on September 1st.

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