Thunderstorm Wind — Brantley, Georgia

2023-08-08 · near Nahunta, Brantley, Georgia

Event narrative

The University of Georgia Mesonet Site at the ZBLU Blueberry Farm south of US Highway 82 and west of US Highway 301 reported a 79 mph wind gust.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed into the afternoon and evening as a frontal zone settled southward across SE GA and an impulse moved across the front. Significant heat and surface moisture in addition to steepening lapse rates ahead of the mid-level impulse created volatile surface-based instability which supported severe downbursts/outflows (50-70 mph) and hail. Given the near alignment of steering flow and the initiating boundary, the potential for waves or training convection created a flood threat as well.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1122762. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.