EF0 Tornado — Toombs, Georgia

2022-01-02 · near Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia

Event narrative

A very brief QLCS tornado hit the south side of Vidalia around

7PM on Sunday, January 2nd. The tornado did the most damage to

one of the Vidalia fire station's off of Aimwell Road. The garage

doors were blown inward and outward along with a portion of the

roof and siding pulled off. Debris was thrown about 200 yards

downstream from this point where additional trees were seen

snapped or uprooted. Some minor roof damage along with a few more

trees down were noted along South Gate Blvd and Katherine Drive.

No other damage was seen beyond this point. [1/2/22: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Toombs, 2022:002].

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 1006019. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.