Thunderstorm Wind — Jeff Davis, Georgia

2023-07-30 · near Roper, Jeff Davis, Georgia

Event narrative

Widespread trees were blown down along the Douglas Highway from Denton to Hazlehurst. The time of damage was based on radar.

Wider weather episode

A mean westerly steering flow pushed a progressive Gulf sea breeze inland and pinned the Atlantic sea breeze between I-95 and the Atlantic coast in the afternoon where explosive convection developed over a very moist and unstable airmass. Additional strong to severe storms developed across SE GA near a meandering surface front, but coverage was limited given drier mean layer moisture.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1109670. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.