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Thunderstorm Wind in Macon County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 9, 2016 · Macon County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Macon County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down just north of Ideal.

The wider storm

A very moist and moderately unstable airmass over the region, combined with a series of short waves moving over the state in a persistent northwesterly upper-level flow, resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms.

Began near Ideal (32.3780, -84.1886).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 653750. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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