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Flood in Brantley County, Georgia

Flood July 20, 2024 · Brantley County, Georgia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency manager reported 3 inches of rain within a half hour with local drainage ditches of the road filling up. Some local businesses have reported flooding in buildings.

The wider storm

A prevailing SW flow combined with the river, lake and sea breezes converged east of Highway 301 in the late evening over a moist and unstable airmass. Numerous boundary mergers produced a waterspout over the St. Johns River about 2 miles NNE of Orange Miles around 9:30 pm EDT near State Road 207 and Rector Road near Putnam County. The waterspout did not move onshore, and damage was not reported. Other storms produced gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall especially across SE GA, including some localized flooding reports.

Began near Nahunta (31.2065, -81.9859).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1193474. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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