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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

Polk, GA · Jan 4, 2015

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…

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Flash Flood

De Kalb, GA · Jan 4, 2015

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…

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Flash Flood

De Kalb, GA · Jan 4, 2015

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…

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Camden, GA · Aug 23, 2024

A surface low meandered offshore of the NE FL coastal along a stalled front. Passing upper-level short wave trough energy, high moisture and slow storm motion produced locally heavy rainfall and pulse strong storms with wet downbursts in resultant storms.

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Flash Flood

Gilmer, GA · May 3, 1997

A slow moving line of storms crossed into northwest Georgia from Alabama and moved southeast across the Peach State. These storms produced more than 5 inches of rain in a less than twelve hour period late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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Flash Flood

Catoosa, GA · Aug 8, 2013

An upper low over Canada continued to spin on the 8th, keeping the Southeast in a northwest flow regime aloft, though the flow was weakening by this point. A weak upper disturbance moved across the state during the afternoon, triggering showers and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

De Kalb, GA · Sep 10, 2015

A weak but persistent upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. and ample tropical moisture combined to produce multiple rounds of thunderstorms over North Georgia the evening of the 10th.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Fulton, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Polk, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

De Kalb, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Fulton, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Walton, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Fulton, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Walton, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Polk, GA · Jan 4, 2023

A strong developing system over brought moist southerly winds across the north and central Georgia, creating isolated severe thunderstorms and flash flooding on the afternoon and evening of January 3rd.

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Flash Flood

Lee, GA · Aug 4, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with a couple of severe storms occurring in Lowndes county with impacts to trees and power lines.

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Flash Flood

Brooks, GA · Aug 2, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with a couple of severe storms occurring in Lowndes county with impacts to trees and power lines.

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Flash Flood

Early, GA · Aug 3, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with a couple of severe storms occurring in Lowndes county with impacts to trees and power lines.

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Flash Flood

Early, GA · Aug 3, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with a couple of severe storms occurring in Lowndes county with impacts to trees and power lines.

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Flash Flood

Lee, GA · Aug 4, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with a couple of severe storms occurring in Lowndes county with impacts to trees and power lines.

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Flash Flood

Fannin, GA · Aug 20, 2014

A series of short waves in a strong northwesterly upper-level flow pattern, along with moderate to high instability, combined to produce isolated to scattered reports of thunderstorm wind damage across North and Central Georgia each afternoon and evening.

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Flash Flood

Cobb, GA · Jul 11, 2012

Nearly stationary to slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain caused a flash flood in northeast Cobb County late Wednesday night on July 11th through early Thursday on July 12th.

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Flash Flood

Dougherty, GA · Aug 22, 2025

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a summertime airmass with an isolated severe storm occurring in Thomas county with impacts to trees and power lines. In addition, a very moist airmass and weak steering flow led to flash flooding across portions of southwest Georgia.

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