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Get the Atlanta, GA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
About 4-6 inches of rain have fallen throughout north-central Georgia, including Atlanta and its surrounding counties, according to the weather service in Peachtree City, south of Atlanta ...
Get the Atlanta, GA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
In Atlanta, the National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued the city's first-ever flash flood emergency due to Atlanta having its heaviest 3-day rainfall totals in 104 years. [39] [40] Rainfall totals over 48 hours in the city reached 11.12 in (282 mm), the most the city has seen in 48 hours since record keeping began in 1878. [41]
September 10-12, 1965 – The outer bands of Hurricane Betsy drop light rainfall in the state, peaking at 3.48 inches (88 mm) in Ailey. [ 4 ] September 30-October 1, 1965 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Debbie result in precipitation across much of Georgia, with up to 8.65 inches (220 mm) observed in Greenville . [ 4 ]
The Geography of Atlanta encompasses 132.4 square miles (342.9 km 2), of which 131.7 square miles (341.1 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) is water. The city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains , and at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has the highest elevation among major cities east of the ...
∎ Asheville, North Carolina, more than 400 miles from the landfall location, got 8.34 inches of rain over 26 hours from Wednesday until 4 p.m. Thursday, according to National Weather Service data.
Harvey's storm total rainfall is the most recorded within the United States. [120] [121] Harvey's extremely heavy rainfall produced catastrophic flooding across much of southeastern Texas; particularly in and around the Houston metropolitan area, where accumulations exceeded 40 in (1,000 mm) over a four-day period. [120]