Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- January 24, 8:22 AM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, West Augusta
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -82.050
Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
A line of severe thunderstorms moved through northwest Richmond county and took down powerlines causing power outages in the western part of Augusta toward the Columbia county line.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 CAE wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved through northwest Richmond county and took down powerlines causing power outages in the western part of Augusta toward the Columbia county line.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:20 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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, January 24 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5569500.