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The heavy rainfall helped to relieve a persistent drought. However, climatologists determined that the rainfall did not fully alleviate the dry conditions. [18] The band of thunderstorms produced gusts of 40 to 50 mph (64 to 80 km/h), downing trees and power lines. In the Atlanta area, 48,000 customers experienced power outages. [19]
Rain began falling on the Atlanta area on September 15, 2009, with the National Weather Service (NWS) reporting only 0.04 inches that day at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. [3] Additional rain fell throughout the week, with only a trace amount recorded for September 18. [3]
Douglasville received the most rain in 24 hours than any other city in metro Atlanta, the city received over 16.5 inches of rain on Sept 21, 2009. (The USGS calculated it to be a greater-than- 500-year flood ; the National Weather Service stated that chances of that much rain anywhere in the region are 1 in 10,000 years.)
As powerful wind gusts hit areas already saturated by heavy rain and flash flooding, power outages surged. By Sunday morning more than 220,000 homes and businesses were without power in Georgia.
Except Atlanta was hit by a second winter storm with freezing rain the Friday and Saturday before the big game. While this second storm lead to icy roads and disrupted Saturday practice for both ...
Atlanta: United States: 1252.6 108.9 117.1 124.5 95.8 79.2 ... Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in South America City Country Year Jan Feb ...
A powerful storm brought flooding rain and widespread power outages to portions of Kentucky and Tennessee, among other states, this past weekend.
The heaviest rainfall to occur in 24 hours was measured in Yankeetown during Hurricane Easy in 1950, which caused 38.70 inches (983 mm) of precipitation. This is also the highest known point storm total maximum related to any tropical cyclone which has impacted Florida, [ 1 ] and by itself would be the highest known rainfall total for any month ...