Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

GEORGIA, Southwestroads were closed. In Calhoun and Clay counties, several schools were closed due to dangerous road conditions. In ColquittCounty, 25 residents were evacuated. Hardest hit areas were along Indian Creek, Indian Lake, and Bear Creek. 75 county andsecondary roads were closed. The Camilla Road bridge was closed to high water in Moultrie. Several Moultrie Housing Authorityresidents were displaced and a few streets in Norman Park were flooded. In Cook County, several county and secondary roads werewashed out. In Decatur County, approximately 185 families evacuated their homes in the Flint River Heights and Riverdalesubdivisions of Bainbridge. 20 county roads and 60 homes were damaged. Spring Creek overflowed its banks closing US Highway84 at Brinson. The Elberta Crate Company lumber yard sustained flood damage. Floodwaters submerged much of West Bainbridgeas well as several factories, businesses, and homes. The Flint River crested near 34.7 feet at Bainbridge on March 13. InDougherty County, nearly 11,000 residents were evacuated in Albany. Several city and county roads were flooded. An estimated500 homes were damaged. Many city schools were closed including Albany College. Waters overflowed the right bank levee into adownstream housing development. The Flint River creested at 36.9 feet (third highest) on March 11. In Early County, Long BranchCreek flooded 30 homes at Damascus. Several homes in Saffold and Jakin were flooded. One man was injured whe he drove hisvehicle through a barricade at Cedar Springs. Numerous county and secondary roads were closed. In Lee County, portions of USHighway 19 were closed to floodwaters. The Muckalee Creek crested near 17.1 feet at Leesburg on March 9. A few homessustained minor flooding in the North Hampton subdivision (7 miles downstream from the river gage). In Lowndes County,Skipper Bridge, Little River, and Franklinville Roads flooded. Some houses along the Little River sustained minor flood damage.Portions of Valdosta flooded, especially along the right bank of the Withlacoochee River which crested at 22.5 feet on March 11. InMiller County, Spring Creek and some streams overflowed their banks. Numerous county and dirt roads were impassable. 10,000gallons of raw sewage spilled into south Colquitt and some city streets were flooded. In Mitchell County, high waters closednumerous roads as county creeks and streams overflowed their banks. In Seminole County, several secondary and state roads wereclosed along Spring Creek and Fishpond Drain. In Terrell County, 19 county roads and State Highway 55 were impassable.Numerous creeks and tributaries overran their banks. Homes along the lower Kinchafoonee Road and creek were damaged as wellas residences on Century Road in Dawson. The Kinchafoonee Creek at Dawson crested near 21.7 feet on March 10. In ThomasCounty, homes along the Ochlockonee River were evacuated as levels exceeded 18 feet and road access was impossible. Housesand trailers had water up to the doorsteps in the Lake Riverside and Stewart Avenue areas. The Ochlockonee River crested atThomasville near 22 feet on March 10. In Worth County, 150 county and secondary roads were washed out.M32VEGAZ142EarlyCalhoun CountyLearyEarly CountyBlakelyGEORGIA, West CentralGAZ089HAWAIIHIZ002>005Storm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of Storm08 1210EST0 0 1KHigh WindLarge pine trees down across rairoad tracks at intersection of Rock Hill and Friendship Roads (approximately 2 miles east ofHilton).08 1230EST0 0Hail (1.25)1300ESTGolfball sized hail in Leary. Central Georgia Rail tracks washed out between Leary and Arlington. Flooding reported at theintersection of Highways 62 and 55.19 1900EST01910ESTDime sized hail observed in Blakely and 6 miles south of Blakely.0Hail (0.75)Muscogee08 0945CST1500CST0 0 30K 0 FloodMinor flooding occurred along the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, causing a park to get flooded.March 1998Oahu - Maui - Island Of Hawaii - Molokai01310000HST2359HST0 0DroughtThis was the third driest March on record in Honolulu since record keeping began in 1874. This was also the third driest Januarythrough March period for Honolulu since 1874.Below average precipitation occurred statewide in March, with all first order and all automated rain gauges receiving less thanaverage rainfall. Sixty-seven of the 73 rain gauges reported less than 50 percent of average for the month, while 35 received lessthan 25 percent of average. This continued the six month trend of drier than usual conditions for the entire state.In the first half of March, weather patterns were dominated by a strong upper level jet stream across the Pacific Ocean north of theislands and multiple periods with upper level ridges over and to the west of the state. These combinations of phenomenaresponsible for the rainfall shortage are indicative of how El Nino affects weather in the state of Hawaii.51 45