Thunderstorm Wind in Toombs County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind April 8, 2020 · Toombs County, Georgia

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency Management confirmed reports of numerous, 50 to 100, trees down mainly along Hwy 147 near US Hwy 1. Trees blocked a large section of Hwy 147 which also happens to be main evacuation route for Plant Hatch.

The wider storm

A well-developed storm system moving across the Midwest and northern Tennessee Valley regions brought scattered strong to severe thunderstorms to north and central Georgia from the afternoon of the 8th into the early morning hours of the 9th. SPC had much of the area in a SLIGHT risk for severe weather with an ENHANCED risk for severe weather just to our north and west, across nearly all of Tennessee, Kentucky, eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana.

Began near Grays Landing (31.9700, -82.3600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 891942. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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