Thunderstorm Wind in Jackson County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 7, 2023 · Jackson County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$100K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees down across multiple blocks along Mahaffey Street in Jefferson. Approximately 10 trees down on vehicles or houses.

The wider storm

Daytime heating fueled several strong to marginally severe storms across the area on both the afternoon/evening of July 7th and 8th. The hardest hit areas were across parts of east-central GA, around the town of Jefferson (Jackson County) and also over southern Oglethorpe county (July 8th).

Began near Jefferson (34.1194, -83.5789).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1125660. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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