EFU Tornado — Tift, Georgia

2022-04-06 · near Omega, Tift, Georgia

1.9 mi

Path length

25 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This tornado was confirmed via video on social media and photo from emergency management. Other than a few trees down, no damage of note has been reported from this tornado, which passed through mostly farmland and unpopulated rural areas of Colquitt, Worth, and Tift counties. Therefore, the rating is left as EF Unknown. The location and time is estimated from the video, photos, and radar data.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022291. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.