2,508 first-hand accounts of flood events in Georgia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A broad cutoff upper low, which had been located over central Texas, was beginning to move very slowly east by the 16th. This upper low, in combination with unusually deep tropical moisture across the region for mid-September, began an extensive period of showers and…
Read the full account →The broad upper low continued to drift very slowly east-northeast from east Texas during this period. Showers and thunderstorms became more numerous and very efficient rain producers across west and north Georgia.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ida, which formed in the Caribbean and intensified to a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, moved north from the Caribbean across the central Gulf of Mexico and then inland along the U.S. Gulf coast near Mobile, Alabama early on the 10th.
Read the full account →A strong upper-level low pressure area and associated cold front were moving from the mid-south into the southeast U.S. A backdoor cold front was located across northeast Georgia.
Read the full account →All of the flood events below are a result of several hours of moderate to heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Frances.Coweta: The Newnan Times/Herald reported that more than six inches of rain fell across the county during the early morning hours.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ida, which formed in the Caribbean and intensified to a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, moved north from the Caribbean across the central Gulf of Mexico and then inland along the U.S. Gulf coast near Mobile, Alabama early on the 10th.
Read the full account →Yet another very wet weather system was moving across Georgia. An upper trough in the central U.S. was shifting slowly east. A surface low pressure system was moving east-northeast along the eastern Gulf Coast and across north Florida.
Read the full account →A series of strong southern stream short waves were embedded within a large scale mean trough located across the central into the northeast United States. Moist Pacific and Gulf flow was evident across the southern and southeastern states in advance of these disturbances.
Read the full account →A deep full latitude upper trough was sweeping from the central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the system. An unseasonably warm, moist air mass was present across Georgia in advance of this system.
Read the full account →A deep full latitude upper trough was sweeping from the central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the system. An unseasonably warm, moist air mass was present across Georgia in advance of this system.
Read the full account →A deep full latitude upper trough was sweeping from the central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the system. An unseasonably warm, moist air mass was present across Georgia in advance of this system.
Read the full account →A deep full latitude upper trough was sweeping from the central U.S. into the eastern U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the system. An unseasonably warm, moist air mass was present across Georgia in advance of this system.
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 series of upper troughs were moving through a large, deep upper trough centered in the mid part of the U.S. One such upper trough and associated cold front were sweeping through the southeast U.S. on April 1st, with another stronger system on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A series of upper troughs were moving through a large, deep upper trough centered in the mid part of the U.S. One such upper trough and associated cold front were sweeping through the southeast U.S. on April 1st, with another stronger system on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A series of upper troughs were moving through a large, deep upper trough centered in the mid part of the U.S. One such upper trough and associated cold front were sweeping through the southeast U.S. on April 1st, with another stronger system on the 2nd.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from near the mouth of the Mississippi River to the southern Appalachians during the night of the 28th into the morning of the 29th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from near the mouth of the Mississippi River to the southern Appalachians during the night of the 28th into the morning of the 29th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from near the mouth of the Mississippi River to the southern Appalachians during the night of the 28th into the morning of the 29th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from near the mouth of the Mississippi River to the southern Appalachians during the night of the 28th into the morning of the 29th.
Read the full account →The combination of a lifting warm front and a quickly progressing cold front produced heavy rainfall over central Georgia and hail-producing thunderstorms over northeast Georgia from the afternoon of April 23rd through the early morning hours of April 24th.
Read the full account →The combination of a lifting warm front and a quickly progressing cold front produced heavy rainfall over central Georgia and hail-producing thunderstorms over northeast Georgia from the afternoon of April 23rd through the early morning hours of April 24th.
Read the full account →The combination of a lifting warm front and a quickly progressing cold front produced heavy rainfall over central Georgia and hail-producing thunderstorms over northeast Georgia from the afternoon of April 23rd through the early morning hours of April 24th.
Read the full account →A shortwave pushed through the Southeast on the 17th, with an axis of deep moisture in place across mainly north Georgia. Once again, numerous showers and thunderstorms developed, and a few of these had enough rainfall to produce isolated flash flooding.
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