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Thunderstorm Wind in Wilcox County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 28, 2018 · Wilcox 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 Wilcox County 911 center reported several trees blown down on Siloam Road near the railroad tracks.

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 Abbeville (31.9799, -83.3514).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 765030. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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