Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkes County, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind March 21, 2017 · Wilkes County, Georgia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the county from near Rayle to Holiday Park.
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 Rayle (33.7892, -82.8939).
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 690142. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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