Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM EST to 8:10 AM EST
- Where
- Macon County, Montezuma to 2 mi SE of Montezuma
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -84.020
Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 5, 1997
Thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home, partially blowing it off its leveling blocks. The home was not on tie-downs.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 damaged a mobile home, partially blowing it off its leveling blocks. The home was not on tie-downs. The roof was torn off and insulation was strewn in a 360 degree pattern around the home. Large trees were blown over with tops pointing at angles towards each other. There was an unconfirmed report of a funnel cloud. Sight survey indicated there was probably a circulation beneath a severe thunderstorm, but there was no evidence that a funnel reached the ground. This storm was part of a long line of thunderstorms that passed from northwest to southeast across Georgia during the morning hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Alabama, January 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, January 5, 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: 5585334.