Thunderstorm Wind — Wilkinson, Georgia

2015-07-04 · near Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 592282. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.