Thunderstorm Wind in Echols County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 2, 2018 · Echols County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Many trees were blown down near Howell and Mayday. Minor damage occurred to a few building. The time of damage was based on radar.

The wider storm

Strong to severe storms develop in the afternoon and evening as a surface trough settled across SE Georgia over a moist and unstable airmass. Damaging down bursts caused extensive wind damage across SE Georgia and then across NE Florida into the evening. Storms moved offshore of the Atlantic coast in the evening.

Began near Mayday (30.8287, -83.0229).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 766259. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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