Thunderstorm Wind in Pierce County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind August 8, 2023 · Pierce County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree was blown down on Billy Road. The time of damage was based on radar.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Owen (31.3300, -82.1400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1122764. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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