Thunderstorm Wind — Jeff Davis, Georgia

2024-01-09 · near Hazelhurst Arpt, Jeff Davis, Georgia

Event narrative

Straight line winds near Kendell Stone Road, Pat Dixon Road, and Kirkland Still Road snapped large pine trees, caused roof damage and damage to a barn. A brief gustnado with peak winds of 100-110 mph occurred at 38 Marchant Field. The time of damage was based on emergency service calls.

Wider weather episode

A strong pre-frontal squall line of strong to severe storms moved quickly eastward across SE GA and NE FL during the afternoon and exited off the SE GA coast into the Atlantic waters by the late afternoon and offshore of the NE FL coast by the evening. Strong dynamics with this system included a very strong low-level jet of 45-55 knots and 0-6 km shear of 50-70 knots, which along with good lapse rates aloft around 6.5 C/km and high dewpoints into the upper 60s created 500-800 J/KG of CAPE. These ingredients promoted threat of damaging wind gusts of 50-70 mph or greater, hail, and isolated tornadoes within more intense storms embedded within the Squall line.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151181. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.