Thunderstorm Wind in Jenkins County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind August 6, 2015 · Jenkins County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Jenkins County Fire and Rescue reported trees and power lines down on Perkins-Greenfork Road.

The wider storm

An inland trough of low pressure and a destabilizing atmosphere in wake of earlier convection led to additional showers and thunderstorms that shifted into parts of southeast Georgia. Several of these thunderstorms became strong to severe with damaging winds.

Began near Perkins (32.9100, -81.9000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 592793. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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