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Douglasville received the most rain in 24 hours than any other city in metro Atlanta, the city received over 16.5 inches of rain on Sept 21, 2009. (The USGS calculated it to be a greater-than- 500-year flood ; the National Weather Service stated that chances of that much rain anywhere in the region are 1 in 10,000 years.)
Precipitation in the state peaked at 12.56 inches (319 mm) near Quitman. [4] In the cities of Athens, Crawfordville, Eatonton, Lexington, Milledgeville, 24 hour rainfall amounts of 5 to 8 inches (130 to 200 mm) were common.
Georgia has had severe droughts in the past, especially in 2007. Tropical Storm Alberto in July 1994 looped across central Georgia, leading to 24-hour rainfall amounts exceeding 20 inches (510 mm) across central sections of the state. [8]
Steve Brown, 72, who lives just a few yards from the gulf in Cedar Island, spent the last 24 hours moving outdoor furniture into his home, which sits on stilts 21 feet above sea level.
The impending storm could deliver more than a year's worth of snow to Dallas, where the historical average annual snowfall, which includes sleet, is 1.6 inches.
"It's just a tremendous amount of rain in the last 24 hours," Kittell said. ... The airport received 2.39 inches of rain Sunday, breaking the record for the calendar day last set on Feb. 4, 1990 ...
The official NWS monitoring station at the Atlanta airport recorded 3.70 inches (94 mm) of rainfall from daybreak to 8pm (more than doubling the previous record for rainfall on that date), while outlying monitoring stations recorded 5 inches (130 mm) of rainfall in a 13-hour period. [3]
Here are rainfall amounts, in inches, from the last 24 hours (unless otherwise noted) by locality, according to National Weather Service St. Louis: Illinois locations. Belleville: 6.23, 6.33 ...