Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Woodstock to Buffington
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -84.520
Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 5, 1997
Twenty-six locations along a line from Woodstock to Hickory Flat to Canton to North Canton to Yellow Creek to Buffington had either trees down or power lines snapped. Several roads were closed in the county due to fallen trees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Twenty-six locations along a line from Woodstock to Hickory Flat to Canton to North Canton to Yellow Creek to Buffington had either trees down or power lines snapped. Several roads were closed in the county due to fallen trees. Gaddis road was not opened back up until early the following morning. There was an unconfirmed report of a tornado, but the damage patterns indicated staight-line winds.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 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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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1997
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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: 5605188.