Thunderstorm Wind — Appling, Georgia

2020-08-24 · near Baxley, Appling, Georgia

Event narrative

Wind damaged the siding of buildings and a roof was lifted up an blown onto the street in downtown Baxley.

Wider weather episode

An inverted trough axis extended from offshore of the local Atlantic SSW across the southern FL peninsula in the morning and westward toward TS Marco in the Gulf of Mexico. The trough lifted northward and meandered across SE GA in the afternoon with very high tropical moisture over the local area (PWAT over 2 inches). The surface trough axis combined with daytime heating, sea breezes and weak upper level PVA focused the best potential for a few strong to severe afternoon storms over inland areas as well as minor flood potential under ENE steering flow.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 907757. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.