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Tropical Storm — Toombs, GA

Oct 7, 2016

On the morning of September 28th Tropical Storm Matthew formed near the islands of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent on the southern end of the Windward Island chain, moving west. During the afternoon of September 29th Matthew increased to hurricane strength over the open Caribbean Sea while continuing to drift west. Hurricane Matthew eventually turned north and swept through the Greater Antilles and Bahamas before running north up the eastern coast of Florida. During the evening of October 7th throug

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 658715). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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