Tropical Storm — Brantley, Georgia

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-06 · Brantley, Georgia

Event narrative

Widespread road closures and washed out dirt roads occurred due to flooding rainfall. Dryden St, Fort Mudge Rd, Eastwood Rd, and Thrift Rd were washed out and scoured by floodwaters. A van was stranded in flood water along Post Rd. A few small trees fell across Wyatt Rd. 7.69 inches of rainfall was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer at Nahunta 6 S during Debby.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the FL Big Bend coast during the early morning of August 5, 2024. Prior to landfall, outer convective bands produced tornadoes across portions of northeast Florida on August 4th. Widespread flooding moved inland with Debby across the Suwannee River Valley and inland Southeast Georgia where flash flooding and moderate to major river flooding occurred.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198845. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.