Thunderstorm Wind — Jeff Davis, Georgia

2015-07-14 · near Hazelhurst, Jeff Davis, Georgia

Event narrative

Large trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 341.

Wider weather episode

A cluster of severe storms broke out across SE Ga over an unstable and moist airmass just downstream of a deepening trough axis that was digging southward down the SE Atlantic coast states. Forcing east of the trough combined with diurnal heating and and a moist WSW flow off of the Gulf of Mexico fueled strong to severe storms during peak heating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 595821. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.