With the most recent storm arriving on Wednesday night, it seems like we can’t go more than a week or two without experiencing another round of severe weather.
Following a day of high temperatures that saw most people outside the mountains experience highs in the mid-90s, sporadic storms formed and capitalized on the intense heat and instability.
Damaged winds knocked down many trees and created isolated power outages throughout the area. Just before 10 PM, the storm reached a maximum gust of 44 MPH, according to the Habersham County Airport. A gust of 25.1 mph was recorded by the WRWH station in Cleveland, but higher gusts probably happened over other areas of southeastern White County.
Thankfully, HEMC’s power outages were significantly less severe than those experienced during past storms, peaking in the 400s. A microburst drove many trees down onto roads and electricity wires in southwest White County, causing the most concentrated outages.On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, around 10:12 PM, there were power disruptions.
FindEnergy.com reports that over 112,000 Georgia Power customers were without power throughout the state at the height of the storm.
Wendy Hubbard Ferguson of Habersham explained the storm as follows: We had hail falling for more than fifteen minutes, and the lightning appeared to be a strobe light.
There have also been reports of marble-sized hail around the area. White County had a lot of pea-sized hail from a massive hail core, although the largest hail reports were found in a wide area from Clarkesville to Cornelia.
You probably saw the lightning a lot, even if you didn’t see any hail or winds. There were hundreds of cloud-to-ground strikes throughout the area, with bolts striking up to four to six miles outside the storms.
Keep an eye on the weather since Thursday and Friday might see more strong storms!
Severe storms could yet occur. Friday and Thursday
