Heavy Rain in Georgia, February 27, 2005

Name: Heavy Rain in Georgia, February 27, 2005
Start: 2005-02-27T00:01
End: 2005-02-27T19:30
Location: Georgia

February 27, 2005 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

26 inches from midnight until 1930 LST.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 JAX wrote it up.

A spotter reported a daily rainfall of 5.26 inches from midnight until 1930 LST.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
930 PM EST SAT FEB 26 2005

.SHORT TERM...CURRENT FORECASTS ON TRACK. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWING
A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF WITH A WARM FRONT
STRETCHING FROM THE GULF TO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL FL. SHARP COASTAL
TROUGH WAS PRODUCING SHOWERS ACROSS COASTAL NE FL. AS LOW PRESSURE
BEGINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GULF AND MOVE NE OVERNITE...EXPECT A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN TO MOVE IN ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LATEST MODEL RUNS TRACK LOW ACROSS N OR NE FL SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND HAVE UPDATED PREVIOUS HWO TO CONTINUE MENTION OF
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WX ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN CWA EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
&&

.MARINE...WITH STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE...WINDS/SEAS ALREADY
AT SCA LEVELS OFFSHORE. MAY NEED A GALE WARNING FOR SUNDAY.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES ACRS THE FORECAST AREA.
GFS ENSEMBLE AMOUNTS ARE SUPPORTING A RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS DEPENDING WHERE BAROCLINIC ZONE SETS UP.
&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES...FLZ024...FLZ025...FLZ033...AND FLZ038.
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES...GAZ153...GAZ154...GAZ165...AND GAZ166.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES...AMZ450...AMZ452...AMZ454...AMZ470...AMZ472...AND AMZ474.
&&

PP/MZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 10:00 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1000 PM EST SAT FEB 26 2005

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-271100-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
1000 PM EST SAT FEB 26 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL INCREASE TO EAST 20 TO 25 MPH
TONIGHT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO. GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A SQUALL LINE MAY DEVELOP IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING
DAY AND TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
CLOSELY TIED TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. DETAILS
OF THIS TRACK WILL BECOME CLEARER AS THE EVENT APPROACHES AND WE
ADVISE RESIDENTS TO PLEASE MONITOR SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS FROM THIS
OFFICE.

COLDER WEATHER WILL RETURN BY MID WEEK...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN
THE 30S FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED FROST
IS EXPECTED...AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE LIGHT FREEZE IN COLDER INLAND
LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

PP/JH

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Glynn

When: February 27, 12:01 AM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where: Glynn County, 1 mi WNW of St Simons Is
Measured: 526
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.213, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, February 2005

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: 5433995.