Thunderstorm Wind — Taliaferro, Georgia

2010-06-25 · near Crawfordville, Taliaferro, Georgia

Event narrative

The Taliaferro County 911 Center reported that three trees and two power lines were down near Crawfordville. Doppler radar data suggests that this occurred in the far southern part of the county from six to eight miles southwest of Crawfordville near the Hancock county line.

Wider weather episode

Although high pressure aloft continued across the southern U.S., an upper trough was moving through the northeast U.S. A weak trough extended from the main low pressure area in the northeast into the southeast U.S. With very warm, moist, unstable air remaining in place across the region, scattered to numerous thunderstorms develop during the afternoon and evening once again. Several of the storms became strong and produced non-severe wind gusts and hail. Isolated storms reached severe limits.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 243485. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.