Georgia
Tropical Storm Alberto in 1994 looped across central Georgia, leading to 24-hour rainfall amounts exceeding 20 inches (510 mm) across central sections of the state. It also became the wettest tropical cyclone on record for the state of Georgia, eclipsing the record set in 1929.
| Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in Georgia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 707.4 | 27.85 | Alberto 1994 | Americus | |
| 2 | 621.3 | 24.46 | 1929 Florida Hurricane | Washington | |
| 3 | 558.8 | 22.00 | T. D. #29 1969 | Attapulgus Mine | |
| 4 | 541.0 | 21.30 | Fay 2008 | Thomasville 5 WNW | |
| 5 | 508.0 | 20.00 | 1929 Bahamas hurricane | Glenville | |
| 6 | 508.0 | 19.12 | 1911 Atlantic hurricane season (Hurricane 3, 28 August 1911) | Saint George, Georgia | |
| 6 | 505.2 | 19.89 | Marco 1990 | Louisville 1E | |
| 7 | 412.5 | 16.24 | Easy 1950 | Savannah Hunter Field | |
| 8 | 395.2 | 15.56 | Hanna 2002 | Donalsonville | |
| 9 | 367.8 | 14.48 | Tammy 2005 | Darien | |
| 10 | 347.5 | 13.68 | Southeast hurricane 1940 | Louisville 1 E | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones In The United States
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