Thunderstorm Wind — Greene, Georgia

2016-08-18 · near Greensboro, Greene, Georgia

$500

Property damage

45 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

The Greene County 911 center reported a tree blown down around mile marker 132 on I-20. The tree blocked part of the highway.

Wider weather episode

The atmosphere over north Georgia was unstable and very moist due to precipitable water values approaching two inches. Slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rain trained over the same portion of Jackson County in the early evening. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches occurred in 90 minutes. This caused localized flash flooding and washout or erosion damage to a few roads in the south portion of the county. A few thunderstorms produced isolated reports of wind damage as well.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 654509. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.