Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.)
At least 22,000 power outages were reported in metro Atlanta, while 25 power lines are down, the city said More than 20 water rescues took place in the Peachtree Battle area of the city.
September 22–23, 2000 – Tropical Storm Helene moved across Georgia and dropped rainfall across much of the state, with a peak total of 5.13 inches (130 mm) in Dunwoody. [ 4 ] June 11–13, 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison brought heavy rain and flooding to many counties in central and east central Georgia.
Summer is the time of the second rainfall maximum during the year across Georgia, and the time of the main rainfall maximum in Florida. [46] [49] During the late summer and fall, tropical cyclones move into the region from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, supplying portions of the area with one-quarter of their annual rainfall, on average.
A massive area, where 2-8 inches of rain has fallen as of Wednesday afternoon from the storm, stretched from central Texas to western Alabama.
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 ]
Lambert International Airport: 8.63 Tuesday, storm total 9.06 Rainfall totals varied immensely across the area. While some locations were shattering records, others saw only a trace of rain.
The bars in the graph express the percent of the storm total rainfall, which is defined to be 100 percent in the final column. Note that, on average, as much as one-fourth of the total occurs in 2–3 hours, while half falls within 12 hours, and almost three-quarters of the storm total falls within a 24‑hour period.