Tropical Storm — Bacon, Georgia

2016-09-01 to 2016-09-03 · Bacon, Georgia

Event narrative

Numerous trees were blown down but there were minimal power outages. At 7:17 am on Sept. 2nd, there ASOS at Alma measured a wind gust to 41 mph. The peak wind gust at this location was 45 mph at 8:47 am. Storm total rainfall included 4.10 inches measured at the Alma ASOS.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Hermine impacted northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia during the afternoon of Sept. 1st through Sept. 2nd as the storm tracked inland near Cedar Key Florida as a Category 1 hurricane Thursday night, then tracked northward across SE Georgia through early Friday morning. The left front quadrant of the storm impacted the local area as well as widespread rainfall with wind gusts generally around 35-55 mph in squalls. Storm total rainfall (1200 UTC Sep. 1st through 1200 UTC Sep. 3rd) was 4-6 inches across the Suwannee River Valley to 1-3 inches toward the Atlantic coast. Storm surge values were 0.5 ft to 2 ft along the coast and within the St. Johns River basin. For county specific impacts, please read county specifics in the Storm Data report.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658101. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.