2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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.
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 →Steep mid-level lapse rates with sufficient instability ahead of a cold front sparked numerous thunderstorms across the area with severe weather. Most of the reports were in the form of large hail, and wind damage was confined to the Valdosta area.
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 moisture on the east side of Hurricane Rafael combined with an inverted trough combined to produce localized heavy rainfall across inland areas under onshore, easterly flow.
Read the full account →Typical summertime showers and thunderstorms produced isolated wind damage and heavy rainfall over the metro Atlanta area on June 27th, with the highest amounts over Atlanta proper and lower amounts stretching east and west along Interstate 20.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A cold front continued to approach Georgia from the northwest. Weak short waves were embedded within a weak westerly flow aloft as a broad ridge of high pressure covered much of the southern U.S.
Read the full account →Yet another flood event plauged north Georgia, just two weeks after the catastrohpic and historical flooding of late September. However, this event was considerably less severe than the September event.
Read the full account →Yet another flood event plauged north Georgia, just two weeks after the catastrohpic and historical flooding of late September. However, this event was considerably less severe than the September event.
Read the full account →Yet another flood event plauged north Georgia, just two weeks after the catastrohpic and historical flooding of late September. However, this event was considerably less severe than the September event.
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 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 broad upper trough and accompanying cold front continued to shift very slowly east from the central U.S. toward the eastern U.S. Large-scale synoptic support combined with an unstable and moist atmosphere supported continued generation of showers and thunderstorms across…
Read the full account →A complex and dynamic weather pattern was in place across the eastern half of the U.S. at this time. A very deep full-latitude trough was sweeping through the eastern U.S. from January 24th into the 25th.
Read the full account →A complex and dynamic weather pattern was in place across the eastern half of the U.S. at this time. A very deep full-latitude trough was sweeping through the eastern U.S. from January 24th into the 25th.
Read the full account →A complex and dynamic weather pattern was in place across the eastern half of the U.S. at this time. A very deep full-latitude trough was sweeping through the eastern U.S. from January 24th into the 25th.
Read the full account →A deep upper-level trough was shifting slowly east from the central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A leading cold front was located from New York to Alabama. A summerlike subtropical ridge across the southeast U.S. was slowly shifting off the southeast U.S. coast.
Read the full account →A hot, humid, unstable air mass remained across the southeastern United States. The region was located in a weakness between two subtropical upper ridges, one across the western Atlantic and the other stretching from Texas to the desert southwest.
Read the full account →A hot, very moist, tropical air mass remained in place across the region. The persistent subtropical ridge had shifted just to the southeast of Georgia. A cold front was near the Georgia-Tennessee border.
Read the full account →A hot, very moist, tropical air mass remained in place across the region. The persistent subtropical ridge had shifted just to the southeast of Georgia. A cold front was near the Georgia-Tennessee border.
Read the full account →A cold front approaching from the northwest became stalled across northwest Georgia as a strong subtropical ridge of high pressure built northwestward from the Atlantic.
Read the full account →Yet another flood event plauged north Georgia, just two weeks after the catastrohpic and historical flooding of late September. However, this event was considerably less severe than the September event.
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