Thunderstorm Wind — Ben Hill, Georgia

2023-08-08 · near Fitzgerald, Ben Hill, Georgia

Event narrative

Numerous trees were blown down across Ben Hill county.

Wider weather episode

An active summer pattern led to scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which produced damaging winds. In addition, heavy rain in a short period of time led to isolated instances of flash flooding in Lowndes county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1130989. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.