Tropical Storm — Western Charlton, Georgia

2024-08-04 to 2024-08-06 · Western Charlton, Georgia

Event narrative

Nassau County Emergency Management reported that Stokes Road was closed due to being inundated by river flooding on the Georgia side of the St. Marys River. The St. Marys River near Macclenny reached major flood stage and peaked at 19.71 ft on Aug. 7th. 6.32 inches of rainfall was measured by a RAWs site at Oke-East 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 1198847. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.