Georgia, 2024

Heavy Rain in Georgia, April 10 to 11, 2024

April 10 to 11, 2024 · NWS JAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Several waves of strong to severe storms moved across the area. One wave brought locally heavy rainfall across the Suwannee River Valley, then as the low level jet approach through midday, shear increased as did diurnal instability which then produced strong to severe storms and an isolated tornado in the World Golf Village.

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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Several waves of strong to severe storms moved across the area. One wave brought locally heavy rainfall across the Suwannee River Valley, then as the low level jet approach through midday, shear increased as did diurnal instability which then produced strong to severe storms and an isolated tornado in the World Golf Village.

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 Apr 10, 5:54 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 5:54 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Atkinson

When
April 10, 7:00 AM EST to April 11, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Atkinson County, 4.04 mi NE of Pearson
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
31.340, -82.820

A location about 4 miles NE of Pearson measured 4.74 inches of rain in 24 hours.

Heavy Rain, Echols

When
April 10, 8:45 PM EST to April 11, 7:45 AM EST
Where
Echols County, Statenville
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
30.700, -83.030

A mesonet station in Statenville measured a 12 hour rainfall of 7.21 inches.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1169030, 1169031.