Strong Wind — Rockdale, Georgia

2022-01-03 · Rockdale, Georgia

Event narrative

Over 40 reports of downed trees and powerlines across the county due to strong gradient winds on the backside of a cold front.

Wider weather episode

Showers and thunderstorms affected much of the area ahead of a strong storm system and associated cold front. Some of the storms became severe with damaging winds and a few tornadoes, mainly on January 2nd. In the colder air behind the front, rain mixed with and eventually changed over to snow across parts of north Georgia (generally north of I-20/I-85) late on the 2nd and into January 3rd, with a dusting to up to 4 inches of snowfall (mainly across the higher elevations of far north GA). On the back side of this storm system, strong post-frontal winds of 30-50 mph occurred during the early morning hours of January 3rd. Numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines occurred with several injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1010059. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.