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Thunderstorm Wind in Charlton County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 2, 2018 · Charlton County, Georgia

60 mph
Estimated gust (52 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph just east of Folkston off of Dora Llloyd Road.

The wider storm

Strong to severe storms develop in the afternoon and evening as a surface trough settled across SE Georgia over a moist and unstable airmass. Damaging down bursts caused extensive wind damage across SE Georgia and then across NE Florida into the evening. Storms moved offshore of the Atlantic coast in the evening.

Began near Homeland (30.8400, -81.9800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 762847. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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