Tropical Storm in Montgomery, Georgia

The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported 1 tree blown in Montgomery County during the early morning hours of October 8th. Radar rainfall estimates ranged from around 1 inch in the northwestern corner of the county to around 3 inches in the southeast. No flooding was reported.

On the morning of September 28th Tropical Storm Matthew formed near the islands of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent on the southern end of the Windward Island chain, moving west. During the afternoon of September 29th Matthew increased to hurricane strength over the open Caribbean Sea while continuing to drift west. Hurricane Matthew eventually turned north and swept through the Greater Antilles and Bahamas before running north up the eastern coast of Florida. During the evening of October 7th through the morning of October 8th, Hurricane Matthew moved north just off the Georgia coast bringing bands of heavy rain and periods of tropical storm force winds to portions of east central Georgia.