Thunderstorm Wind — Sumter, Georgia

2018-06-28 · near Americus Souther Arp, Sumter, Georgia

Event narrative

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

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 765027. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.