Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- March 29, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Bartow County, 1 mi N of Cassville
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -84.850
Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1997
Thunderstorm winds, described as a possible tornado, overturned a mobile home and damaged another home on Cedar Creek Road. A man suffered a slight head injury.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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, described as a possible tornado, overturned a mobile home and damaged another home on Cedar Creek Road. A man suffered a slight head injury.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:30 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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- Tornado in Tennessee, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, March 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 29, 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: 5605320.