Incredible Southern Flooding Pics, Video
UPDATE 9/23/09: Here is a total rainfall map from NASA:
An impressive video of a rushing falls in NC has been uploaded to our Facebook page.
UPDATE 2 PM 9/22/09: There have been 100 rescues in Atlanta today. You can get up-to-the-minute updates for the Atlanta area by visiting this web page.
UPDATE 12 PM 9/22/09: Some of the river crests being reported are very impressive. Take for example Utoy Creek near Atlanta... it's max appears to have been 27.49 feet. The previous RECORD was 16.86 feet!
Looking at their precipitation trace, it's clear why the creek is so high...
The Chattahoochee River at Whitesburg has also broken its record historical crest from 1919.
All this info was obtained from the NWS AHPS & USGS sites. The NWS precip map now shows that an isolated area in Georgia has received over 20 inches of rain in 7 days.
Some of their other (8-day) gauge totals over 13 inches:
CANTON..........17.14" NE ATLANTA......13.19" DORAVILLE.......13.88"
UPDATE 10 AM 9/22/09:ABC says that six people have been killed by the flooding in Georgia. Incredible video continues to come in from our affiliates, including this footage of Six Flags under water:
If you have photos of the floods, please upload them to our Photo Gallery.
UPDATE 8 PM: Below is a link to a video of a road collapse due to flooding in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
SEE VIDEO: ROAD COLLAPSE IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA
Water is over-topping a levee in Trion, Georgia and hundreds have been evacuated there.
SEE VIDEO: WATER OVERTOPS TRION, GA LEVEE
Here's an incredible photo of a different washed-out road:
Westernmost North Carolina is in the game as well. Note that they are in the 10 inch plus section of the updated precip totals if you go back 48 hours.
SEE VIDEO: FLOODING IN HENDERSON COUNTY NC
ORIGINAL BLOG ENTRY: When I posted the incredible Southern precip map Saturday, one area that wasn't inundated was the Atlanta, Georgia area. That has changed in the last 24 hours, with over 10 inches falling to the west of the city. You can read more about it on Google News.
If you widen this out to include the last two weeks, the map is breathtaking, showing a wide area with more than 5 inches of rain, and significant bullseyes of over 10 inches in 11 states!
Note that, if you compare this to normal, you'll see that it really is the interior Southeast, not the coastal areas, that have been affected by this heavy rain.
(All maps are from the NWS Daily & from the Hourly Gauge-Adjusted Doppler Precip Sites).
Flood advisories continue across the area:
