Tropical Storm — Wayne, Georgia

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

Event narrative

Large trees snapped and fell across Sharpe St and Gaffeny St in Screven, GA blocking all lanes. 10.49 inches of rainfall was measured by a CoCoRaHS observer at Jesup 10.0 NNW during Debby. 100 roads were either washed out, collapsed or flooded throughout Wayne county, with many exposing their culverts which included Sikes Road, Bennett Road and Dry Creek Road. Trees and powerlines were blown down.

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 1198853. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.