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One of the most deadly tornadoes in Georgia history occurred on April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Georgia. According to AthensGAWeather.com, “the F-4 tornado packed winds up to 260 mph, killed 203 people and injured 934 others. Almost a fourth of the deaths came from fires that burned after the storm struck the city. Although it…
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The first forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season for 2017 is now out. Colorado State University issued their forecast today and it shows that they are expecting a slightly below normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean basin. This is due to the current neutral ENSO conditions, which are expected to transition into an El…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows that beneficial rain reduced drought in northern Florida and parts of southern Alabama, but that severe drought expanded in western North Carolina and southern Florida while it was whittled away in Alabama and Georgia. Next week’s map will probably show more reductions in drought due to the wet system that…
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Over the last few years I’ve worked with several satsuma farmers in southern Georgia helping them with insurance information and low temperature climatologies. One grower even sent me a box of them in the mail! The Georgia Farm Bureau posted a story this week in Growing Georgia describing the increase in satsuma farming over time…
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The Warnell School of Forestry at UGA published a story about the impacts of the current drought in northern Georgia on pine trees there. Here is an excerpt from the story describing how drought impacts the trees: “Drought stresses and weakens trees, making them more likely to be attacked by bark beetles. Under drought, trees…
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NOAA announced yesterday that the official report from the National Hurricane Center on Hurricane Matthew is now available. Matthew caused 34 direct deaths in the Southeast along with several indirect deaths following the storm’s passage. Of those, 25 deaths were in North Carolina. The highest rainfall amount of the storm in the US was 18.95…
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Above-normal temperatures covered Georgia again in March 2017, with National Weather Service offices reporting temperatures as much as 3.4 degrees above normal. This is the 14th month in a row with above-normal temperatures for the state as a whole. In spite of the warm conditions, frigid temperatures mid-month killed off 80 percent of the Georgia…