Thunderstorm Wind in Appling County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind March 12, 2023 · Appling County, Georgia

67 mph

Measured gust (58 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Baxley Municipal AWOS measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph.

The wider storm

Strong to severe storms developed across SE GA and the Suwannee River Valley along a warm frontal zone that was across SE GA on the 12th and drifted southward across the NE FL I-10 corridor into the 13th. Upper level short wave troughs and low level instability along and south of the front brought a couple waves of severe storms across the local area with pockets of locally heavy rainfall.

Began near Baxley Muni Arpt (31.7200, -82.4000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1079013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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