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Thunderstorm Wind in Jefferson County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind August 6, 2015 · Jefferson County, Georgia

52 mph
Estimated gust (45 kt)
$1K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Jefferson County 911 Center reported a tree blown down on North Main Street in Wadley.

The wider storm

A slow moving cold front along with a moderately strong upper-level low combined to produce severe thunderstorms with numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm winds across North and Central Georgia during the afternoon and evening. Tropical moisture combined with the slow moving thunderstorms to produce heavy rain over portions of west central Georgia in the evening. Around 3 inches of rain occurred in an hour to cause isolated flash flooding in the Columbus area.

Began near Wadley (32.8766, -82.4036).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 598793. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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