Thunderstorm Wind — Wayne, Georgia

2020-08-18 · near Drawdy, Wayne, Georgia

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down between Odum and Jesup, and a tree was blown down near Highway 169. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.

Wider weather episode

Deep and light west southwest flow was over the area which pushed a more dominant west coast sea breeze across the area. Temperatures aloft cooled to -8C at 500mb. Deep moisture remained over the area with precipitable water levels near 2 inches. There was not a lot of shear which favored pulse summertime convection. A few strong to pulse severe storms formed along the sea breeze merger near the I-95 corridor in the afternoon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 907672. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.