2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stalled cold front moved into northwest Georgia late on February 22, 2022. This front combined with anomalously moist and unstable conditions to produce training showers and thunderstorms that resulted in heavy rainfall over northwest Georgia.
Read the full account →A weak frontal boundary remained stalled over central Georgia on the 21st. A warm and moist airmass remained in place, and once again several showers and thunderstorms developed.
Read the full account →Beryl developed as a Subtropical Storm over the Atlantic Ocean well east of the North Coastal Georgia area. The cyclone eventually became a Tropical Storm and slowly moved to the southwest and finally made landfall along the northeast Florida coast.
Read the full account →Beryl developed as a Subtropical Storm over the Atlantic Ocean well east of the North Coastal Georgia area. The cyclone eventually became a Tropical Storm and slowly moved to the southwest and finally made landfall along the northeast Florida coast.
Read the full account →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain associated with the outer rain shield of Tropical Storm Colin produced isolated flash flooding in northeast Jasper County in the early afternoon.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system moved from the Central Plains toward the Great Lakes, dragging a surface cold front across the Mississippi River Valley. Meanwhile, a cold air damming event was in place across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture persisted across the state. Weak upper-level waves along with strong afternoon heating combined to produce isolated strong to severe thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture persisted across the state. Weak upper-level waves along with strong afternoon heating combined to produce isolated strong to severe thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →A broad and highly diffluent upper trough was moving slowly through the south central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A pattern that became all too familiar across the U.S. during the later half of March and much of April. As the trough moved into the eastern U.S.
Read the full account →A broad and highly diffluent upper trough was moving slowly through the south central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A pattern that became all too familiar across the U.S. during the later half of March and much of April. As the trough moved into the eastern U.S.
Read the full account →A deepening upper-level low was progressing slowly southeastward from the northern plains into the Ohio Valley region. By September 24th, this system had become a deep cutoff low which meandered about the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic region for over a week.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee formed from a persistent low pressure area off the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts on the south side of a mammoth subtropical ridge centered across the eastern Ohio valley. This occurred during the late few days of August.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen were absorbed into a frontal system that pushed across Georgia between the 6th and 7th. Plentiful moisture was in place from these two systems and widespread rain between 1 to 2 inches fell across the area, with isolated higher amounts.
Read the full account →A strong surface low associated with a deep upper-level trough lifted out of the lower Mississippi Valley and swept across the southern Appalachians the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th producing heavy rain and flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and…
Read the full account →A strong surface low associated with a deep upper-level trough lifted out of the lower Mississippi Valley and swept across the southern Appalachians the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th producing heavy rain and flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and…
Read the full account →A strong surface low associated with a deep upper-level trough lifted out of the lower Mississippi Valley and swept across the southern Appalachians the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th producing heavy rain and flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and…
Read the full account →A very deep upper trough, located across the central United States, moved very slowly toward the eastern states between December 10th and December 11th. Deep southwest flow aloft and at the surface provided the area with copious Gulf moisture.
Read the full account →A shortwave riding along a frontal boundary produced heavy rainfall over north Georgia on the morning of July 10. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common over northwest Georgia, with portions of Floyd county receiving above 4 inches.
Read the full account →A warm front remained stalled across the state on the 19th, with the cool wedge of high pressure still nosing into northeast Georgia. The warm front lifted north during the afternoon, and with a warm and unstable airmass to the south, once again several showers and…
Read the full account →An upper level high over over the western Atlantic began to shift west into Florida on the 11th, and a weak surface front remained stalled over Tennessee.
Read the full account →Three to five inches of rain since midnight flooded some streets in the south half of Floyd county and north half of Polf county. Water was over the roads in Rome, Lindale, and Silver Creek in Floyd county; and in Cedartown and Fish Creek in Polk county.
Read the full account →Three to five inches of rain since midnight flooded some streets in the south half of Floyd county and north half of Polf county. Water was over the roads in Rome, Lindale, and Silver Creek in Floyd county; and in Cedartown and Fish Creek in Polk county.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary draped across the area in combination with an abundantly saturated environment set the stage for an isolated, but significant Flash Flooding event for portions of Northwest Georgia, with isolated flooding across central Georgia.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across much of north and central GA during the afternoon and evening hours of July 21st. Numerous reports of damaging winds, along with significant flash flooding (around downtown Atlanta) occurred along the I-20 corridor.
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