Flash Flood in Georgia, August 11 to 12, 1996

Name: Flash Flood in Georgia, August 11 to 12, 1996
Start: 1996-08-11T19:00
End: 1996-08-12T01:00
Location: Georgia

August 11 to 12, 1996 · NWS FFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Torrential rains from thunderstorms dumped between 6 and 8 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Most of the rain fell between 8 pm on the 11th and 2 am on the 12th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.

Torrential rains from thunderstorms dumped between 6 and 8 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Most of the rain fell between 8 pm on the 11th and 2 am on the 12th. Several residents in Pine Lake Mobile Home Park were forced to evacuate when water from the creek that drains the lake rose to knee deep. At least 20 roads and a few bridges were washed out. Some roads had gaps 25 feet wide and 15 feet deep in places. No deaths or serious injuries resulted, but one woman barely escaped alive when her car was swept from a bridge. Estimated damage of up to $1 million did not include damage to homes and automobiles caught up in the storm. The hardest hit area was between Georgia highway 5 and Chapel Hill Road south of Interstate 20.

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Douglas

When: August 11, 7:00 PM EST to August 12, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Douglas County, 10 mi S of Douglasville
Property damage: $1.0 million
Coordinates: 33.702, -84.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, August 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566171.