Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15, 2010

Name: Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15, 2010
Start: 2010-06-15T19:05
End: 2010-06-15T20:15
Location: Georgia

June 15, 2010 · NWS TAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed and a couple of storms produced damaging winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $51,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 TAE wrote it up.

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed and a couple of storms produced damaging winds.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 6:55 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:55 PM EST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
755 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

.DISCUSSION...SURPRISINGLY NOT MUCH CONVECTION DEVELOPED ALONG
THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. HOWEVER...WE DID SEE BETTER
COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ACROSS OUR GA AND AL ZONES TODAY WITH A FEW
STORMS ONGOING AS OF THIS HOUR. WILL UPDATE GRID AND ZONES SHORTLY.

&&

.AVIATION...ISOLATED TSRA WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN THE
VICINITY OF KABY...KVLD...AND KDHN. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR SOME BRIEF MVFR LIGHT
FOG AT KVLD AROUND DAWN. SCATTERED TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 25 KT POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS.

&&

.MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL AFFECTING OUR COASTAL WATERS.
LOW WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS 2 FEET OR LESS UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

BARRY/FOURNIER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:15 AM EST, 14 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
515 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-161000-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
515 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 /415 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010/

...HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ANOTHER DAY OF VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH NEAR RECORD
TEMPERATURES IS ON TAP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. A FEW
SPOTS WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH THE CENTURY MARK. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES WILL REACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND A FEW OF
THESE COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS
WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS TODAY WILL BE OVER
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE INLAND FLORIDA
PANHANDLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...BUT
GRADUALLY EDGE CLOSER TO NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

18-WOOL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:54 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
654 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

GAZ121>123-142-152330-
CALHOUN-CLAY-EARLY-RANDOLPH-
654 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN...CLAY...
EARLY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH
MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS
ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

9-FOURNIER

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:58 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
658 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

GAZ127-128-152345-
TURNER-WORTH-
658 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TURNER AND WORTH
COUNTIES...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THERE WAS ALSO A NEARLY STATIONARY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
TURNER COUNTY.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE
ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

9-FOURNIER

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dougherty

When: June 15, 7:05 PM EST
Where: Dougherty County, 0.46 mi NW of (Aby)southwest Ga Rgnl Arpt to 0.51 mi SW of South Albany
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $45,000
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 31.535, -84.195

A 74 mph gust was measured at the Albany Southwest Georgia Regional Airport from a thunderstorm downburst. This downburst also extended northeast of the airport to 1701 S Slappey Blvd where the Albany Herald Newspaper reported that a roof was peeled back and a steeple was toppled at the Harvest Kingdom Jubilee Ministries Church. Several cars were also damaged from the debris. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.

Thunderstorm Wind, Worth

When: June 15, 8:15 PM EST
Where: Worth County, 0.91 mi NW of Oakfield to 2.67 mi SSE of Warwick
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 31.780, -83.970

The Worth county 911 center reported nine trees and two power lines down across the northern part of the county including along portions of state routes 300 and 313. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, June 2010

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: 243670, 243661.