Tuesday, September 14, 2010

KCHS [141629]: Preliminary Local Storm Report

NWUS52 KCHS 141629
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1228 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0505 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE CLAXTON 32.11N 81.85W
09/11/2010 EVANS GA EMERGENCY MNGR

EVANS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED A DAMAGE
SURVEY FOR THIS EVENT AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO BE
CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM
DOWNBURST. AN OLD BARN WAS BLOWN OVER ALONG WITH SEVERAL
3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES FROM PECAN TREES. ALL
DAMAGE WAS LAID DOWN IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE DAMAGE
OBSERVED WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 65 MPH.
SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN SPORADIC
LOCATIONS WITHIN 1 MILE OF THIS LOCATION.


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DPB

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