Thunderstorm Wind — Echols, Georgia

2014-02-21 · near Statenville, Echols, Georgia

Event narrative

Trees were blown down in the western tier of the county.

Wider weather episode

A pre-frontal squall line of severe storms tracked across SE Ga during the morning hours and then across NE Fl during the early to mid afternoon hours. Severe storms produced widespread wind damage with a few isolated rotating supercells. Sufficient heating near the St. Johns river basin produced elevated surface based instability during the afternoon, and updrafts were greatly enhanced by this forcing. A few isolated pre-squall line cells blossomed over Putnam...St. Johns and Flagler counties in the afternoon and produced large hail. A wall cloud was observed with a rotating storm over Putnam county, and a tornado warning was issued for this cell, however, ground based tornadic damage was not reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 491832. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.