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Flash FloodFayette, Georgia

July 6, 2005 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$163K
Area
Fayette

Event narrative (NOAA)

The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that flash flooding occurred in some areas of Peachtree City in particular. Rainfall of five inches or more was common across much of the county between 7 pm and 10 pm EDT, especially the western and northern sections. Several homes were flooded in Peachtree City as well as in unincorporated rural areas of Fayette county between Peachtree City and Fayetteville. An 18-year old male was swept to his death in a flooded drainage ditch in Peachtree City near the Tinsley Mills apartments just east of the intersection of Georgia Highways 54 and 74. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that several motorists became stranded on some streets in Peachtree City and Fayetteville as roads became flooded and impassable.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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