Thunderstorm Wind in Oconee County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 1, 2018 · Oconee County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$7K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Oconee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county from Hog Mountain Road south of Bogart to Hardin Hill Road and Colham Ferry Road in Watkinsville and Antioch Church Road east of Elder.

The wider storm

A series of fast moving upper-level short waves moving southeast out of the Ohio Valley brought two distinct rounds of thunderstorms into north Georgia, spreading south into portions of central Georgia. Numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm winds were received with isolated reports of flooding.

Began near Elder (33.7758, -83.3120).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 763851. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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