Thunderstorm Wind — Clinch, Georgia

2024-01-09 · near Dupont, Clinch, Georgia

Event narrative

A peak wind gust of near 80 mph was estimated with a handheld wind meter.

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 1151184. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.