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Thunderstorm Wind in Walker County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind May 3, 2025 · Walker County, Georgia

69 mph
Measured gust (60 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station NAOG1 Armuchee.

The wider storm

A QLCS moved through North and Central Georgia in the afternoon and evening hours of the 3rd. The line initially posed a robust wind threat with measured wind gusts of near 70 mph. As the line moved across central Georgia cells in the warm sector merged with the line initiating numerous quick spin-up tornadoes and requiring at least 10 tornado warnings. Many of the rotational signatures were shallow and only visible from the TATL radar.

Began near Reo (34.7000, -85.1600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265699. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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