Thunderstorm Wind in Dawson County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind May 5, 2020 · Dawson County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Dawson County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the eastern side of the county from around the intersection of Highway 52 and Bailey Waters Road north of Juno to Nix Road southeast of Dawsonville.

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 Afton (34.5337, -84.1954).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 898758. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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