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Atlanta breaks 135-year-old rainfall record -- and more is on the way

By Severe Weather Team 2
By Severe Weather Team 2

ATLANTA — If the heavy rain Atlanta got Monday seemed abnormal, that’s because it was.

Severe Weather Team 2 confirmed the city beat a 135-year-old record when it got 4.16 inches of rain on April 23. The previous record, set in 1883, was 2.4 inches.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brad Nitz said the all-time daily rainfall record for Atlanta is 7.36 inches, set March 29, 1886.

Another flood warning is in effect for north Fulton and Forsyth counties through late Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

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The water level at Big Creek near Alpharetta was at 8.7 feet and rising as of 6 a.m. Tuesday. The flood stage is 7 feet.

“The weather system that gave us all that heavy rainfall has exited toward the east,” Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns said. “There will be a few isolated showers on the backside of the system.”

The wet weather continues to wash away leftover pollen.

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Another cold front currently in the Midwest will bring more rain to the region on Thursday.

“Its going to pick up as it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico,” Burns said.

Burns does not anticipate that system to bring any severe storms.

With all the recent rain, the pollen count has dropped from 30 particles per cubic meter of air Monday to 24 Tuesday, according to Atlanta Allergy and Asthma.

That's far short of this year's season high of 5,354, last year's season high of 3,559 or the 2016 season high of 4,106.

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