Flash Flood — Clarke, Georgia

2023-01-04 · near Green Acres, Clarke, Georgia

Event narrative

The Athens Banner Herald reported flooding inside their office building on S Milledge Avenue. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flooding.

Wider weather episode

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. The severe weather threat continued into Wednesday, January 4th, as the storm progressed eastward and brought a cold front across the area, producing isolated damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1079517. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.