Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkes County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 3, 2018 · Wilkes County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Wilkes County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along Lundburg Road and Branham Road south of Washington. One tree fell onto and destroyed a well house at a home on Branham Road.

The wider storm

With a warm and very moist air mass over the area, an upper-level trough moving across the region produced scattered severe thunderstorms from the afternoon into the overnight hours.

Began near Logan (33.6918, -82.7288).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 769694. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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