Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkinson County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 4, 2015 · Wilkinson County, Georgia

52 mph

Estimated gust (45 kt)

Death

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Macon television news station reported that a 12 year old boy was killed while camping when a large branch was blown out of the top of a tree landing on the tent where the boy and his family were fishing.

The wider storm

A series of short waves swept through the region as a persistent upper-level trough remained anchored over the central United States. These short waves combined with ample moisture and moderate instability to produce isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms each day, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours.

Began near Toomsboro (32.8971, -83.0507).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 592282. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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