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Thunderstorm Wind in Union County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind May 5, 2020 · Union County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Union County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down along Highway 60 northwest of Suches.

The wider storm

A moist and moderately instable airmass combine with weak northwesterly upper-level flow and a frontal boundary stalled across north Georgia resulted in isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms each afternoon and evening.

Began near Natal (34.7019, -84.0505).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 898747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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