Thunderstorm Wind — Morgan, Georgia

2021-08-17 · near Swords, Morgan, Georgia

Event narrative

The Morgan County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down along Apalachee Woods Trail.

Wider weather episode

The remains of Tropical Storm Fred moved across central and north Georgia as a tropical depression during the overnight hours through the morning producing isolated reports of damaging winds in convective bands and several tornadoes. No reports of wind damage were received outside of the stronger convective bands. Rainfall amounts exceeded 4 inches in portions of northeast Georgia, with amounts of 6 to 8 inches observed in the northeast Georgia mountains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970615. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.