Flash Flood — Butts, Georgia

2021-08-17 · near Bibb, Butts, Georgia

Event narrative

The Emergency Manager reported flooding on US-23 near Valley Hills Road and Industrial Avenue, resulting in its closure. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding.

Wider weather episode

The remains of Tropical Storm Fred moved across central and north Georgia as a tropical depression during the overnight hours through the morning producing isolated reports of damaging winds in convective bands and several tornadoes. No reports of wind damage were received outside of the stronger convective bands. Rainfall amounts exceeded 4 inches in portions of northeast Georgia, with amounts of 6 to 8 inches observed in the northeast Georgia mountains.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (33.2759, -83.9312)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 983647. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.