Flood in Webster County, Georgia

The Webster County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas.

A series of strong southern stream short waves were embedded within a large scale mean trough located across the central into the northeast United States. Moist Pacific and Gulf flow was evident across the southern and southeastern states in advance of these disturbances. This led to multiple rounds of showers and a thunderstorms during the period of the 13th through the 15th until a strong Arctic cold front swept through the entire eastern two-thirds of the U.S., pushing the showers and thunderstorms well south of the area. The heavy rain on totally saturated ground from recent months of much above normal rainfall led to renewed flooding and flash flooding, especially across central Georgia, where two to four inches of rain was common during this period.