Thunderstorm Wind in Appling County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind January 2, 2022 · Appling County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A couple of trees were blown down near Ricardo Street and along County Farm Road. The time of damage was based on radar.

The wider storm

A potent shortwave became negatively tilted and dug east across the deep south which drove a strong cold front across the local area during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Strong to severe thunderstorms consolidated into a squall line that moved from western inland SE GA and the Suwannee valley east-southeast through the

I-10 and I-75 corridors to the Atlantic coast through midnight. A very strong low level jet of 50-60 knots with CAPE of at least 500 J/kg to brought some damaging wind gusts of across SE GA.

Began near Baxley (31.7500, -82.3500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997515. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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