Thunderstorm Wind — Oconee, Georgia

2017-03-21 · near Ashland, Oconee, Georgia

Event narrative

The Oconee County Sheriffs Office reported numerous trees blown down across the county from around Birchmore southeast to around Farmington and Elder.

Wider weather episode

A large mesoscale convective complex developed along a cold front across central and southern Tennessee in response to a series of short waves sweeping through the region. These thunderstorms encountered an unstable and moderately-sheared atmosphere as they moved south into north Georgia producing numerous, widespread reports of large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds as well as two isolated tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 690134. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.