Flash Flood in Toombs County, Georgia

Flash Flood August 3, 2018 – August 4, 2018 · Toombs County, Georgia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flash flooding was reported along John Dasher Road, between Hayden Jones Road and Clifford Rogers Road, and on Marvin Church Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 4 inches occurred in a short period of time.

The wider storm

Summertime showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall in the afternoon and evening of August 3. Soils were saturated from rainfall early in the week, and combined with rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches to cause isolated flash flooding, particularly over portions of east central Georgia.

Began near New Branch (32.0337, -82.3035).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 782408. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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