Tropical Storm — Clinch, Georgia

2018-10-10 to 2018-10-11 · Clinch, Georgia

Event narrative

A peak tropical storm force wind gust of 46 mph was measured at the Homverville Airport at 8:15 pm on 10/10. The county experienced widespread power outages and trees blown down or snapped.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Michael tracked toward the FL Panhandle coast October 9th and made landfall near Mexico Beach as a very strong Cat. 4, perhaps Cat. 5 upon further research. The storm center tracked NNE across southern GA, and brought tropical storm conditions in waves of showers and thunderstorms to the area through the early morning hours of Oct. 10th. Local impacts were mainly wind damage to trees, power lines and a few structures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 784399. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.