Thunderstorm Wind in Macon County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind August 31, 2017 · Macon County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$6K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Macon County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around Drayton Road to around the intersection of Highway 90 and Cedar Valley Road.

The wider storm

Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred in central Georgia along a warm front lifting north across the region associated with the remains of a tropical system to the west of the state. Late in the evening, gradient winds associated with the former tropical system produced isolated reports of downed trees in extreme northwest Georgia.

Began near Fields (32.2244, -83.9931).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 720133. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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