Flash Flood — Sumter, Georgia

2017-06-07 · near Croxton Crossroads, Sumter, Georgia

$12K

Property damage

Event narrative

Emergency manager reported multiple areas of flash flooding extending from 2 SSE Sumter to 3 SW Leslie. Multiple roadways were covered with water, including Sam Hill Dogleg Road, RW Jones Road, and County Line Sneed Road. Other roadways were washed out, including Beauchamp Road, Wiggins Road, Buck Nelson Road and Cobb-Cheek Road. Radar estimates indicate rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches occurred over the area.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moving south across the state provided a focus for shower and thunderstorm development over central Georgia on June 7th. The anonymously moist and unstable environment produced stubborn, slow moving thunderstorms and isolated flash flooding. In southern Sumter county, a persistent storms dropped 4 to 6 inches of rainfall over a very localized area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 710365. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.