Thunderstorm Wind — Oglethorpe, Georgia

2017-07-06 · near Hutchings, Oglethorpe, Georgia

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 708675. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.