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Thunderstorm Wind April 11, 2013 · Chattahoochee County, Georgia

46 mph
Estimated gust (40 kt)
$250
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto Highway 520 at Fort Benning.

The wider storm

A well-defined upper shortwave pushed through the Deep South in late on the 11th. A strong surface low over the Central Plains early in the day began lifting to the northeast toward the Great Lakes, dragging the associated cold front moved into northwest Georgia late in the day. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, with several reports of large hail, including a couple of reports of up to baseball sized hail and several reports of golfball sized hail. Three weak tornadoes occurred as well, two EF-1s and an EF-0.

Began near Woolfolk (32.3500, -84.9800).

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 444603. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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