Tropical Storm — Bacon, Georgia

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

Event narrative

Tropical storm force wind gusts impacted the county. At 10:25 pm on 10/10, the ASOS station at the Bacon County Airport measured a wind gust of 43 mph. On 10/11 at 12:50 am, the ASOS station measured a wind gust of 51 mph. This set a new record as the strongest wind gust reported at Alma during the month of October since records began in 1973.

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 784407. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.