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Thunderstorm Wind in Washington County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 20, 2023 · Washington County, Georgia

55 mph
Estimated gust (48 kt)
$3K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The emergency manager reported a few trees down in the 4000 block of highway 24 east.

The wider storm

A large squall-line (Mesoscale Convective System) moved across mainly North and East-Central GA during the afternoon and early evening hours of July 20th. Conditions were very favorable for damaging winds along and ahead of well-developed cold pool, with high instability and elevated Downdraft-CAPE. Widespread damage occurred from far north Georgia to east-central GA (Warren County), with very intense winds (80-90+mph) estimated from damage across parts of Cherokee and Forsyth counties. A couple of brief embedded weak tornadoes occurred in Cherokee County from this system.

Began near Tanner (32.9800, -82.7500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1119414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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