Tropical Storm — Wheeler, Georgia

2016-09-02 · Wheeler, Georgia

Event narrative

A mesonet site at the Little Ocmulgee State Park recorded wind gusts of 39 MPH around 0703 and 1003 AM EST. This same mesonet site recorded 4.07 inches of rain as well. Mesonet sites recorded 4.14 inches of rain near Scottland, 3.98 inches near Workmore and 3.86 inches near Mount Vernon.

Wider weather episode

On August 28th a tropical depression formed in the Florida Straits, drifting slowly west into the Gulf of Mexico. During the afternoon of August 31st this tropical depression developed into Tropical Storm Hermine over the central Gulf of Mexico and began turning to the northeast. By the late afternoon of September 1st Hermine reached hurricane strength as it approached the coast of the Florida Big Bend region in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Hermine moved onshore across northwest Florida during the evening of September 1st and swept into southern Georgia. Through the morning of September 2nd and into the afternoon, now Tropical Storm, Hermine continued to accelerate to the northeast bringing damaging, tropical storm force winds and heavy rain to portions of central Georgia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 655622. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.