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Thunderstorm Wind in Telfair County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 16, 2017 · Telfair 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

The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto Cheney Street in Lumber City.

The wider storm

A deepening upper-level trough and a stalled frontal boundary combined with a continued moist and unstable air mass over the region to produce isolated severe thunderstorms

over north and central Georgia each afternoon and evening. Isolated heavy rainfall amounts produced localized flash flooding in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Began near Lumber City (31.9299, -82.6917).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 717199. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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