Georgia, 2005

Flash Flood in Georgia, June 28, 2005

June 28, 2005 · NWS FFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
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 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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 9:00 PM EST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:00 PM EST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005

.UPDATE...
FORECAST SEEMS IN GOOD SHAPE. RADAR TRENDS SHOW MUCH OF SHRA/TSRA IN
CENTRAL AND SE SECTIONS HAS DISSIPATED BUT CLUSTER OF TSRA IN NW
ZONES STILL GOING STRONG. LARGE AREA OF SHRA WITH SOME TSRA NOTED
ACROSS SOUTHERN GA JUST SOUTH OF CWA MOVING NORTH. CHC POPS LOOK
REASONABLE BUT HAVE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO SHOW MORE COVERAGE IN NORTH
...EAST AND SOUTHEAST ZONES. TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS LOOK GOOD.

NEW MODELS DONT SHOW ANY SURPRISES. SAT IMAGERY SHOWS LARGE AREA OF
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE ENTIRE EASTERN HALF OF THE GULF
STREAMING NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD HELP KEEP
TOO MUCH FOG FROM FORMING. SCT TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA APPEAR LIKELY
TUESDAY AND WED.

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&&

.AVIATION...
MAIN CONCERN IS EXPECTED COVERAGE OF TSRA THROUGH 00Z WED.
CONVECTION CONTINUING TO BLOSSOM ACROSS EASTCENTRAL GA E AND SE OF
KMCN ALONG AND BEHIND SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING WEST.
ISOLD STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND 40KT GUSTS AROUND KMCN.
COVERAGE WORTHY OF TEMPO TSRA AT KMCN AND KCSG REST OF TONIGHT. DO
NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH COVERAGE AT KATL AND VCNTY TONIGHT TO
WARRANT TEMPO ALTHOUGH ITS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE. WILL CARRY VCTS
THROUGH 4Z AND WILL GO FROM THERE. WILL ADD PROB30 OR TEMPO STARTING
AT 17Z TUES FOR MOST SITES AS MOISTURE LOOKS A LITTLE DEEPER ON
MODEL PROGS AS WELL CURRENT SAT IMAGERY IN THE NRN GULF.

WINDS SHOULD REMAIN ESELY THROUGH 00Z WED. ALSO EXPECT SOME STRATUS
OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 7Z AND 14Z SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT (CIGS 500-1000FT
AND VSBYS 1-3SM). VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL SELY FETCH AND RELATIVELY DRY
MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL PERSIST.

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.

&&

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The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Gordon

When
June 28, 2:00 AM EST to 7:15 AM EST
Where
Gordon County, 4 mi SSE of Calhoun
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.433, -84.900

The Gordon County Emergency Management Director reported that persistent thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the eastern portions of Gordon county between midnight and 3 am, resulting in flash flooding along and near Dews Pond and Baxter Roads east of Calhoun. Water rose five to six feet deep in the area and flooded five to six homes. Some rescues were required. In addition, Dews Pond Road and a portion of U.S. Highway 41 southeast of Calhoun at Salem Road were closed because of the flooding.

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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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: 5458721.