Flash Flood — Candler, Georgia

2025-05-11 · near Pulaski, Candler, Georgia

Event narrative

Candler County dispatch reported multiple roads washed out and damaged due to flash flooding. Byrd Jr School Road was washed out between Saint Mathews Church Road and Kirkland Road and both ends of Meridy Road were also washed out.

Wider weather episode

Rounds of heavy rainfall producing thunderstorms tracked across portions of interior southeast Georgia, producing a few instances of flash flooding. The heavy rain developed near a stationary boundary associated with a surface low situated across the lower Mississippi Valley. Some of the heaviest rain fell across Candler and Tattnall counties where automated rain gages and CoCoRaHS observers reported a range of 5-8 inches of rain. Specific observed amounts include 8.72 inches at the Metter coop site, 7.94 inches at the Reidsville USGS gage, and 7.79 inches at the RAWS site near Metter.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1263801. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.