Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkes County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 1, 2018 · Wilkes 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 Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down across the county from the Rayle and Tignall areas across Washington to near Aonia.

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 Prather (33.8248, -82.9147).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 763928. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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