Thunderstorm Wind — Chattahoochee, Georgia

2013-04-11 · near Woolfolk, Chattahoochee, Georgia

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 444603. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.