Thunderstorm Wind, Emanuel
- When
- March 16, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Emanuel County, Oak Park
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -82.320
Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 16, 1996
Thunderstorm winds blew out the underpinnings and ripped the skirting from a trailer on highway 46.
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
- $3,000
- 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 blew out the underpinnings and ripped the skirting from a trailer on highway 46.
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 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
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 16 to 17, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 16, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 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: 5547620.