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Time, we're talking maximum 12 hours, they received in some locations up to 7 inches of rainfall, just south of the city. so that is nearly two times the average rainfall that they would receive in the entire month just in that 12-hour period. so that's a lot of rain in a short period of time that led to the flash flooding. this area has been extremely saturated. here's alabama, here's central tennessee. look at central georgia as well all the way to the florida panhandle. remember we have our moisture source to the south. that is the gulf of mexico. we often get the influx of rain from the oc...