Thunderstorm Wind in Jefferson County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 20, 2017 · Jefferson County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 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 public reported numerous large limbs blown down at Bug's Gourd Farm near the intersection of Highways 88 and 22 southwest of Keysville.

The wider storm

A very moist and somewhat unstable air mass over the region combined with strong daytime heating to produce scattered strong thunderstorms across north and central Georgia each afternoon and evening with isolated reports of damaging wind gusts in central Georgia.

Began near Padgett Crossing (33.2178, -82.2453).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 717203. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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