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Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkes County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 6, 2017 · Wilkes County, Georgia

52 mph

Estimated gust (45 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A report was received on social media of a tree blown down on Danburg Road near the intersection with Bradford 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 Danburg (33.8700, -82.6500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 708676. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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