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EF1 tornado in Early County, Georgia

Tornado April 5, 2022 · Early County, Georgia

EF1

Rating

7.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down in a stand of trees across a field from Old Lucile road. It continued to uproot several trees in front of the houses along Old Lucile road, as well as lifting part of a metal roof on a small house. The tornado continued eastward towards Three Notch road into Miller county where a live oak tree was uprooted, and a couple large pine trees were snapped halfway up. The tornado again continued east where a couple outbuildings and trees were blown down along Cooper Loop, Cannon road, and Charlie Tiner road. The tornado then lifted before it would have crossed US highway 27. This tornado was rated EF1 with maximum estimated winds around 90 mph. A dual-pol tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on KEOX radar.

The wider storm

A slow moving cold front brought multiple rounds of severe weather to the tri-state region from April 5-7. Several tornadoes occurred along with numerous reports of wind damage and a few reports of large hail. None of the tornadoes were rated stronger than EF1.

Began near Centerville (31.2568, -84.9327).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Early County EF1 Thomas County EF1 Turner County EF1 Lee County EF1 Mitchell County EF1 Thomas County EF0 Baker County EF0 Brooks County EFU Colquitt County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1021882. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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