Just over 4 inches (4.14) fell at the Gainesville airport that day. Elsewhere, Cleveland reported 2.20 inches of rain Wednesday, while Buford recorded .71 inch.
Meanwhile, the level of Lake Lanier was up a tenth of a foot Thursday morning from 24 hours earlier and was at 1,053.66.
However, it had been continuing a steady decline since August, and was down another one half foot the first eight days of this month.
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