Thunderstorm Wind — Heard, Georgia
2018-06-28 · near Five Points, Heard, Georgia
$4K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
The Heard County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down on Charlie B Johnston Road.
Wider weather episode
Thunderstorms, associated with another in a series of short waves traversing the region in a persistent northwesterly upper-level flow pattern resulted in widespread reports of damaging wind gusts across north Georgia through the morning hours and into central Georgia during the afternoon. Isolated flash flooding resulted from high rainfall rates and training storms.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 765021. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.