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Thunderstorm Wind in Wilkes County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 27, 2020 · Wilkes County, Georgia

52 mph

Estimated gust (45 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported several large tree limbs blown down along Elizabeth Drive.

The wider storm

Moderate instability over the region, combined with the passage of a short wave sweeping east from the lower Mississippi Valley into the southern Appalachians, produced widespread strong to scattered severe thunderstorms across north and central Georgia.

Began near Washington (33.7200, -82.7400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 902914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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