Flood — Elbert, Georgia

2021-10-07 to 2021-10-08 · near Bowman, Elbert, Georgia

Event narrative

Although heavy rainfall ended across Elbert County by late morning, high water conditions persisted on multiple streams throughout the 7th and into the 8th, especially Beaverdam Creek. Numerous roads remained flooded and/or closed due to damage throughout this time.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving area of upper level low pressure over the Mid-Mississippi Valley pumped semi-tropical weather into north Georgia for a couple of days, resulting in occasional rounds of moderate to heavy in the day leading up to the 7th. Scattered slow-moving thunderstorm clusters developed over the Piedmont during the morning of the 7th, producing torrential rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour and total rainfall amounts of 3 to 7 inches, much of which fell in just 2 to 3 hours. This excessive rainfall resulted in flash flooding of a number of creeks and other small streams.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 988933. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.