Thunderstorm Wind — Tattnall, Georgia

2022-06-17 · near Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia

Event narrative

The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported two trees down on Lynntown Road.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough digging across the Northeast United States with ample shortwave energy helped push a cold front into portions of southeast Georgia during evening hours, igniting thunderstorms that eventually merged into a mesoscale convective system capable of producing widespread wind damage across an environment displaying moderate levels of mixed layer convective available potential energy and large downdraft convective available potential energy.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1038084. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.