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Thunderstorm Wind in Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind March 21, 2017 · Oglethorpe County, Georgia

69 mph
Estimated gust (60 kt)
$10K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Oglethorpe County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down along Lexington-Carlton Road.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Pt Peter (34.0257, -83.0067).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 690138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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