Flood in Jeff Davis County, Georgia

Flood January 2, 2022 · Jeff Davis County, Georgia

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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The wider storm

A potent shortwave became negatively tilted and dug east across the deep south which drove a strong cold front across the local area during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Strong to severe thunderstorms consolidated into a squall line that moved from western inland SE GA and the Suwannee valley east-southeast through the

I-10 and I-75 corridors to the Atlantic coast through midnight. A very strong low level jet of 50-60 knots with CAPE of at least 500 J/kg to brought some damaging wind gusts of across SE GA.

Began near Hazelhurst (31.8700, -82.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997512. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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