Thunderstorm Wind — Baker, Georgia

2020-04-13 · near Milford, Baker, Georgia

Event narrative

Mitchell EMC facebook page reports numerous broken power poles, power lines down, and trees on the power lines across its service area with 1956 outages.

Wider weather episode

A strong area of low pressure with sufficient instability and a very strong low level jet affected the tri-state area. A severe squall line crossed the area with numerous reports of wind damage. A couple of tornadoes occurred in south-central Georgia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 887318. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.