Thunderstorm Wind — Sumter, Georgia

2021-05-04 · near Plains, Sumter, Georgia

Event narrative

The Sumter County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and a few power lines blown down across the entire county from Friendship to Maddix, Americus, Leslie, Cobb and Methvins.

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 963422. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.