Tropical Storm — Coastal Glynn, Georgia

2021-07-07 · Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Event narrative

Tropical storm force winds and gusts impacted Glynn county for a couple of hours in the early evening of July 7th. At 6:20 pm EDT, a trained spotter reported a tree blown down across GA Highway 32 near Mile Marker 2. This was about 5 miles ESE of Thalmann. At 6:43 pm EDT, the ASOS at McKinnon Airport on St. Simons Island measured a wind gust of 45 mph. Between 7-8 pm, a WeatherFlow mesonet site on Jekyll Island measured at maximum sustained wind of 48 mph (at 7:32 pm, 1 minute average) and a peak wind gust of 58 mph (at 7:19 pm). At 7:38 pm EDT, the ASOS at the St Simons Malcom McKinnon Airport measured a gust of 51 mph. At 7:45 pm EDT, the KSSI ASOS measured a sustained peak winds of 36 mph.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Elsa tracked NNE across the western tier of the local forecast area through the day on Wed, July 7th. The storm made landfall along the FL Big Bend coast. The main impacts from TS Elsa for the local area included 3 confirmed tornadoes, downed trees due to gusty winds, and heavy rainfall which caused river flooding. There was one loss of life due to a tree falling onto a car. Peak rainfall amount was near 7.2 inches in Alachua county and the peak recorded wind gust in a squall was 58 mph in Jekyll Island GA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 964936. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.