Flash Flood — Chattahoochee, Georgia

2015-12-24 · near Kasihta, Chattahoochee, Georgia

Event narrative

The Chattahoochee County Emergency Manager reported a few roads and culverts were washed out in the Cusseta area due to rapidly flowing streams and creeks in flood.

Wider weather episode

Persistent, deep and strong southwesterly upper-level flow across the eastern U.S. resulted in an extremely moist and moderately unstable atmosphere over North and Central Georgia. A stalled frontal boundary and a series of short waves in the southwesterly upper flow resulted in multiple rounds of heavy rain, and strong to severe thunderstorms, with widespread flash flooding, damaging thunderstorms winds, hail and an isolated tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 613328. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.