Thunderstorm Wind — Columbia, Georgia

2025-06-07 · near Appling, Columbia, Georgia

Event narrative

Columbia County dispatch reported powerlines down at the intersection of White Oak and Pineridge Rd. Time estimated by 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 1254337. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.