EF0 Tornado — Wilcox, Georgia

2022-01-02 · near Sibbie, Wilcox, Georgia

Event narrative

A very brief tornado touched down along GA Hwy 215 South and

Falcon Circle, about 8 miles south of Abbeville during the late

afternoon hours of Sunday, January 2nd. The tornado, which showed

a very weak debris signature from KJGX snapped and uprooted

several large pines on within the Falcon Circle area,

particularly near the south entrance/exit off 215. In addition to

tree damage, a medium-sized shed was destroyed along with some

tin from the roof of one of the homes being pulled off. No other

damage was seen beyond Falcon Circle which gets into a very rural

area with no road access to the northeast. [1/2/22: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Wilcox, 2022:001].

Wider weather episode

Showers and thunderstorms affected much of the area ahead of a strong storm system and associated cold front. Some of the storms became severe with damaging winds and a few tornadoes, mainly on January 2nd. In the colder air behind the front, rain mixed with and eventually changed over to snow across parts of north Georgia (generally north of I-20/I-85) late on the 2nd and into January 3rd, with a dusting to up to 4 inches of snowfall (mainly across the higher elevations of far north GA). On the back side of this storm system, strong post-frontal winds of 30-50 mph occurred during the early morning hours of January 3rd. Numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines occurred with several injuries.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1006016. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.