Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- August 15, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, 5 mi W of Marshallville
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -84.020
Thunderstorm winds knocked down three trees west of town on highway 127.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 15, 1997
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Peach
- When
- August 15, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Peach County, Ft Vly
- Property damage
- $300
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -83.880
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees on Lake B Road east of Fort Valley.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 15, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Danielsville
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -83.220
Madison county 911 reported several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Oglethorpe
- When
- August 15, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Oglethorpe County, Lexington
- Property damage
- $300
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -83.120
Oglethorpe county 911 reported several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997
- Hail in Florida, August 15, 1997
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: 5611052, 5611053, 5611054, 5611194.