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Thunderstorm Wind in Butts County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind April 14, 2019 · Butts County, Georgia

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
$30K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Reports were received from amateur radio operators and the local media of trees and power lines blown down from near the Highway 16 and I-75 interchange to north of Jackson along Old Bethel Road near Rising Star Church Road.

The wider storm

A surface low and associated cold front swept through the region ahead of a deep upper-level trough. Moderate instability and strong shear, combined with the vigorous mid and upper-level dynamics to produce scattered reports of damaging thunderstorm winds and isolated tornadoes.

Began near Towaliga (33.2633, -84.0838).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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