Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG - Mesonet

Storm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimeLocal/PathLengthPathWidthNumber ofPersonsEstimatedDamageLocation Date Standard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of StormMarch 2005GEORGIA, North and CentralBleckley CountyCountywide27 1316EST2300EST0 0 100KFlash FloodThe Bleckley County Emergency Management Director reported that extensive flooding was occurring in many areas of the county.U.S. Highway 129 was closed east of Cochran because of flooding. Several small dams in the county had been breached. Rainfallof four to six inches was common throughout the county, with local amounts up to eight inches.Houston CountyCountywide27 1316EST2200EST0 0 250KFlash FloodThe public and the Houston Home Journal reported that extensive flooding in the Perry area of southern Houston county. Waterwas up to two feet deep around a number of homes in Warner Robbins and Perry and some homes had been flooded. One femalehad to be rescued from her property. Several cars were inundated and destroyed by the flooding. Ditches and creeks were out oftheir banks and flowing over the roadways. A portion of Park Avenue in Perry collapsed from the flooding. In addition, ClopineLake Dam in southeast Peach county was breached and threatened portions of Perry in western Houston county. Residents of thearea were evacuated, but no problems resulted in Houston county as a result of the dam failure. Rainfall of six to eight inches wascommon across much of the southern portion of Houston county in the 24-hour period from midnight on the 27th to midnight on the28th.Pulaski CountyCountywide27 1316EST2300EST0 0 250KFlash FloodThe Pulaski County Sheriff's office and the Hawkinsville Dispatch and News reported that extensive flooding was occurringthroughout the county. A number of secondary county roads were flooded and closed. A portion of Georgia Highway 112 waswashed out in the southern portion of the county. In addition, the Hawkinsville North Fresh Water Plant had to be closed because offlooding. Rainfall of four to five inches fell across much of the county between mid morning and early evening, with local amountsof six to eight inches, especially in the far northern portion of the county. Isolated reports of up to 10.5 inches of rain were alsoreceived.Harris County4 ESE Pine Mtn 27 1413EST0 0Hail (1.00)The Forest Service at the F. D. Roosevelt State Park in extreme northeast Harris county reported quarter-sized hail.Meriwether CountyGreenville27 1423EST0 0Hail (0.88)The Meriwether County Sheriff reported nickel-sized hail.Fulton CountyAlpharetta to 27 1440EST0 0Hail (1.00)Roswell1445ESTSeveral reports of penny to quarter-sized hail were received from the public. Nickel-sized hail was reported in Roswell, whilepenny to quarter-sized hail was reported in Alpharetta.Coweta County4 WSW Newnan 27 1445EST0 0 5KLightningThe Times Herald of Newnan reported that lightning struck a home on Smokey Road in southwest Coweta county causing damageto the electrical system of the home, but little other damage.Forsyth County5 W Big Creek to 27 1450EST0 0Hail (1.75)5 N Cumming1510ESTSeveral reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to golf balls, were received from the public. The public reported nickel to golfball-sized hail in Cumming. Penny to quarter-sized hail was reported from the southwest part of the county, west of Brookwoodand Big Creek. A spotter reported nickel-sized hail five miles north of Cumming. Hail was reported to have covered the ground inseveral areas. In some areas in Cumming, the hail accumulated to a depth of three inches, which resulted in local drainage problemsand street flooding.Coweta CountySenoia27 1500EST0 0 5KLightningThe Times Herald of Newnan reported that lightning struck a home on Dolly Nixon Road causing damage to the electrical system,but little other damage.Dawson CountyDawsonville to 27 1508EST0 0Hail (1.75)1 SE Lumpkin1520ESTSeveral reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to golf balls, were received from the public. Mostly penny-sized hail wasreported in the southeast part of the county near Lumpkin and Doughtery.4650