Thunderstorm Wind — Stewart, Georgia

2009-04-13 · near Omaha, Stewart, Georgia

Event narrative

The Sumter Electric Management Cooperative (EMC) reported that several trees and tree limbs were down across the county. This brought some power lines down as well.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper low was moving from the southern plains toward the Ohio Valley. A strong Pacific cold front accompanied the upper low. A narrow line of severe thunderstorms tracked across central Georgia during the morning hours. These thunderstorms produced wind damage in several central Georgia counties. Behind this line of thunderstorms, a large complex of showers and thunderstorms tracked across north and central Georgia during the early morning hours. Widespread damaging winds developed on the back side of this complex of showers and thunderstorms across north Georgia. Winds gusts of 50 to 60 mph were observed along with widespread damage to trees, power lines, and structures across many north Georgia counties, especially in northwest and north central Georgia, during the early to mid-morning hours.

Another round of thunderstorms developed during the late night and early morning hours on the 14th as the main upper low tracked through the southeast and southern Appalachian area. A few of these storms became marginally severe across east central and southeast Georgia during the morning hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 165232. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.