Thunderstorm Wind — Wheeler, Georgia

2013-01-30 · near Avants, Wheeler, Georgia

Event narrative

The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported that at least a dozen trees were knocked down countywide. A few of those fell on power lines causing short outages. One tree impacted a porch with only minor damage.

Wider weather episode

A very large storm system approached the state on the 30th. A highly amplified upper trough over the plains pushed east during the day, dragging a strong cold front through the Southeast. A squall line associated with the cold front pushed into northwest and west central Georgia during the mid-morning hours, and pushed through the rest of the state through the afternoon and evening. Widespread wind damage occurred with this line as it moved through. Additionally, a supercell thunderstorm ahead of the line spawned two tornadoes; a rare January EF-3 across Bartow and Gordon Counties and an EF-1 across Gilmer and Fannin Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 428316. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.