Flash Flood, Chatham
- When
- June 29, 9:15 AM EST to 11:20 AM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, East Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.974, -81.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 29, 1999
Slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed repeatedly across Chatham County and Effingham County during the day. Twenty-four hour rainfall amounts ranged from about 7 inches to over 13 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 CHS wrote it up.
Slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed repeatedly across Chatham County and Effingham County during the day. Twenty-four hour rainfall amounts ranged from about 7 inches to over 13 inches. As a result of the flooding, over 500 homes and businesses were damaged to varying degrees and almost 600 automobiles were damaged. Water was as much as 6 ft deep in some places. Numerous roads were washed out and/or closed during the flooding. Estimated dollar damage for public property was 4.5 million dollars and at least another 2.5 million dollars for private property.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Chatham
- When
- June 29, 12:00 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, East Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.974, -81.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Chatham
- When
- June 29, 3:00 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.974, -81.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Effingham
- When
- June 29, 3:10 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Effingham County, Rincon
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -81.341 (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
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- Wildfire in California, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 29, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 1999
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: 5704890, 5704892, 5704893, 5704891.