Thunderstorm Wind in Sumter County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 28, 2018 · Sumter County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$4K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Sumter County 911 center reported several trees blown down across Americus, including around the intersection of Highway 280 and Highway 19.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Americus Souther Arp (32.1083, -84.1855).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 765027. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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