Thunderstorm Wind — Ware, Georgia

2019-04-19 · near West Waycross, Ware, Georgia

Event narrative

A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds. Three vehicles were also overturned at the same location. One person was injured inside the mobile home.

Wider weather episode

A very strong pre-frontal squall line raced across the local area which caused widespread winds damage. The environment had high bulk shear, elevated low level instability that nosed inland along a theta-E ridge axis from the GOMEX, a strong SSW low level jet, overridden by a strong mid level lobe of PVA.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 815756. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.