Thunderstorm Wind — Fannin, Georgia

2021-05-04 · near Madola, Fannin, Georgia

Event narrative

The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county from the Old Mobile Road area near McCaysville, across Blue Ridge to the area around Stanley Creek Road and Aska Road south of Blue Ridge.

Wider weather episode

A series of upper-level short waves moved across the region in persistent, southwesterly upper-level flow combined with moderate instability and shear to produce several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across north and central Georgia. Some of these storms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over the area, resulting in isolated flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 963376. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.