2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Tropical Storm Earl produced widespread moderate to heavy rain and strong winds as it trekked northeast from Southwest to East-central Georgia. Rainfall totals associated with Earl ranged from three to six inches. Peak wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Earl produced widespread moderate to heavy rain and strong winds as it trekked northeast from Southwest to East-central Georgia. Rainfall totals associated with Earl ranged from three to six inches. Peak wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common.
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 →An upper level high over Florida began to weaken on the 12th, and a weak surface front over Tennessee began to shift south during the day. Once again, several showers and thunderstorms developed, and one produced flash flooding in a portion of White County, where flash flooding…
Read the full account →A 78 acre pond overflowed due to excessive rainfall. Once the earthen dam breached, waters surged across Highway 17, taking numerous trees and debris with it.||In Chatham County, heavy rain produced flash flooding near Savannah.
Read the full account →A 78 acre pond overflowed due to excessive rainfall. Once the earthen dam breached, waters surged across Highway 17, taking numerous trees and debris with it.||In Chatham County, heavy rain produced flash flooding near Savannah.
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 →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 →Training thunderstorms in the Augusta area send several streams over their banks and into homes. The flash flooding also closed several major highways which were under water.
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. As Idalia moved inland to the northeast, it brought tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain to much of south Georgia, including far southeast counties of NWS Peachtree City CWFA…
Read the full account →A ridge of high pressure was in place from the Carolinas across to north Georgia early on the 22nd. A very moist airmass was associated with this area of high pressure, and as a shortwave moved across the Southern Appalachians, several showers and thunderstorms developed.
Read the full account →A weak upper trough lingered across the eastern U.S. while a strong subtropical ridge remained anchored across the Southern Plains. The atmosphere across the southeast was extremely moist, but only marginally unstable.
Read the full account →A broad upper trough was located across the southeast and south central U.S. A nearly stationary cold front extended from the Tennessee Valley into the mid-south. A warm, humid, unstable air mass remained across the region.
Read the full account →The front that approached the Southeast on the 10th remained stationary across north Georgia early on the 12th, but began to drift south during the day.
Read the full account →The overall pattern had shifted by the 9th with an upper high over the Southern Plains, a weak trough over New England and the Mid-Atlantic, and a weakness over the Bahamas. With the trough to the north, a shortwave was able to push into the Southeast during the afternoon.
Read the full account →The upper low that had been across the center of the country finally pushed east and into the Mid-Atlantic on the 8th, shifting the deep moisture plume slightly to the south.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Andrea off the South Carolina Coast along with the remains of a weak frontal boundary combined to produce a new round of showers and thunderstorms across the area.
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