Thunderstorm Wind — Bacon, Georgia

2015-07-14 · near Alma, Bacon, Georgia

Event narrative

Tree were blown down in Alma. The time of damage was based on radar.

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.5400, -82.4800)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 595824. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.