Thunderstorm Wind — Schley, Georgia

2011-07-14 · near La Crosse, Schley, Georgia

Event narrative

The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that at least five trees were down near Ellaville and one tree was down near LaCrosse. In addition, several shingles were blown off a home in Ellaville.

Wider weather episode

An unusually strong backdoor cold front was pushing southwestward through the state as the strong subtropical ridge retrograded back into Texas. This was allowing a deeper northwest flow aloft to penetrate the southeast U.S. once again, helping to push the cold front through the state. With a hot, humid air mass in place in advance of the front, scattered thunderstorms were once again the rule, especially during the afternoon and evening. By afternoon, the front had progressed into west central and central Georgia. Hence, thunderstorms were initially confined mainly to areas south and west of the front, with little activity across the northern areas, except for the northwest corner near the edge of the backdoor front. By late afternoon, the activity had congealed into a fairly significant line of thunderstorms moving south and southwest across the southern and western portions of central Georgia. A couple of thunderstorms within this line became severe and produced damaging winds and non-severe hail. As the evening progressed, a marked outflow boundary had developed from the central Georgia thunderstorms, which worked its way northward through the state. By late evening, the entire north and central Georgia area had seen substantial thunderstorm activity. However, thunderstorms across north Georgia remained below severe limits.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 333678. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.