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Thunderstorm Wind in Heard County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 1, 2018 · Heard 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 Heard County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Highway 34 near Ebenezer Road.

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 Franklin (33.2953, -85.0777).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 763904. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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