Strong Wind in North Fulton, Georgia

Strong Wind November 9, 2015 · North Fulton, Georgia

40 mph

Estimated gust (35 kt)

Death

$30K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Fulton County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down across Fulton County due to non-thunderstorm winds, including one tree down on Holly Road at Ezra Church Drive NW and another blocking lanes on Moreland Avenue SE. One man was killed when his vehicle struck a tree that had fallen across Woodhaven Road NW in the Buckhead area.

The wider storm

A strong ridge of high pressure building into the region from the northeast and a deep surface low over the northern Gulf of Mexico resulted in a tight surface pressure gradient across north Georgia on the morning of November 9th with subsequent gusty winds. These gusty winds combined with saturated soils from several days of rainfall resulted in a few large trees blown down across Fulton County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 603800. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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