Thunderstorm Wind — Sumter, Georgia

2024-05-27 · near Americus, Sumter, Georgia

Event narrative

Trees down at intersection of US-280 and GA-49.

Wider weather episode

A line of thunderstorms moved across North and Central GA. Storms first started in Northeast GA during the morning hours and moved to the Southeast through the afternoon. Storms mostly posed a damaging wind threat, however a few storms were able to utilize interacting outflow boundaries to form a couple quick spin-up tornados.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186024. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.