Thunderstorm Wind, Clinch
- When
- June 5, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Clinch County, Homerville
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -82.750
Mobile home destroyed.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 1998
13 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $66,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Atkinson
- When
- June 5, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Pearson
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.870
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinch
- When
- June 5, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Clinch County, Homerville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -82.750
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- June 5, 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, Douglas
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -82.850
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jeff Davis
- When
- June 5, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jeff Davis County, Hazelhurst
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -82.600
Large trees were blown down West of HWY 341.
Thunderstorm Wind, Appling
- When
- June 5, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Appling County, Baxley
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -82.350
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon
- When
- June 5, 8:17 PM EST
- Where
- Bacon County, Alma
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -82.470
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- June 5, 8:22 PM EST
- Where
- Ware County, Waycross
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -82.350
Large trees and power lines were blown down along HWY 122. Large tree fell on a truck.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brantley
- When
- June 5, 8:46 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Hoboken
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -82.130
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 5, 8:52 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Jesup
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -81.880
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 5, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Pierce County, Blackshear
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.250
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- June 5, 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Woodbine
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 30.970, -81.720
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Glynn
- When
- June 5, 9:42 PM EST
- Where
- Glynn County, Brunswick
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -81.500
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
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 Louisiana, June 5, 1998
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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: 5653198, 5653199, 5653200, 5653201, 5653202, 5653203, 5653204, 5653205, 5653206, 5653207, 5653208, 5653209, 5653210.