Thunderstorm Wind in Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 6, 2017 · Oglethorpe County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

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 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Stephens Salem road and Hugh Culbreth Road east of Stephens to east of Lexington along Frank Matthews Road.

The wider storm

A deepening upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. combined with a very moist and unstable atmosphere across north Georgia to produce scattered severe thunderstorms.

Began near Hutchings (33.7924, -83.1024).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 708675. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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