Thunderstorm Wind, Spalding
- When
- August 24, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Spalding County, Griffin
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -84.270
Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 24, 1996
Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree limb down on the roof of a home. Several other tree limbs and power lines were also downed.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree limb down on the roof of a home. Several other tree limbs and power lines were also downed. Buildings were damaged as winds tore an awning off of a downtown hair salon around 730 pm. Lightning also struck a barn which was then destroyed by fire.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Rhode Island, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 24, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566153.