Flash Flood — Upson, Georgia

2021-10-06 · near Salem, Upson, Georgia

$30K

Property damage

Event narrative

The Emergency Manager reported two culvert washouts along Pleasant Grove Road resulted in its closing between Kendall Road and Logtown Road. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.

Wider weather episode

A very moist and marginally unstable airmass ahead of a deep upper-level low over the lower Mississippi Valley resulted one report of a tree down and several flash flooding reports over middle Georgia. Heavy rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches were observed along a line from Thomaston to Gray to Eatonton to Comer, with pockets of higher amounts between 4 and 8 inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 989907. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.