Thunderstorm Wind — Burke, Georgia

2025-06-07 · near Alexander, Burke, Georgia

Event narrative

Burke County Dispatch reported a tree down blocking both lanes at Thompson Bridge Rd and Hwy 24. Time estimated based on radar.

Wider weather episode

A digging trough with strong mid-level winds helped trigger and develop a well organized mesoscale convective system across the southeast US on June 7th. Robust low level moisture and dry air aloft produced an ideal environment for strong instability to mix down strong winds to the surface. This resulted in a wide and long lived swath of damaging straight line winds throughout eastern GA.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1254329. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.