Tropical Storm — Toombs, Georgia

2016-10-07 to 2016-10-08 · Toombs, Georgia

Event narrative

The Toombs County Emergency Manager reported around 15 trees and 8-10 power lines blown down across Toombs County late in the evening of October 7th and during the early morning hours of October 8th. A peak wind gust of 45 MPH was recorded at the Toombs County Airport near Vidalia at 11:55 PM EST the evening of the 7th. Radar rainfall estimates ranged from around 2 inches in the northwestern corner of the county to around 5 inches in the southeast. No flooding was reported.

Wider weather episode

On the morning of September 28th Tropical Storm Matthew formed near the islands of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent on the southern end of the Windward Island chain, moving west. During the afternoon of September 29th Matthew increased to hurricane strength over the open Caribbean Sea while continuing to drift west. Hurricane Matthew eventually turned north and swept through the Greater Antilles and Bahamas before running north up the eastern coast of Florida. During the evening of October 7th through the morning of October 8th, Hurricane Matthew moved north just off the Georgia coast bringing bands of heavy rain and periods of tropical storm force winds to portions of east central Georgia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658715. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.