EF0 Tornado — Dodge, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Copeland, Dodge, Georgia

Event narrative

Continuation from Wilcox County -- Heading across the Ocmulgee River into southwest Dodge county, additional damage was picked back up at a hunting camp just off Adams

Springs Road. At this location, multiple campers were damaged or overturned and numerous trees were uprooted, some laying on buildings. Additional trees were littered across Will Reeves Road heading toward Rhine but the tornado lifted before reaching the

center of town. [4/5/22: Tornado #12, County #2/2, EF-0, Wilcox/Dodge, 2022:015].

Wider weather episode

A multi-day severe weather outbreak initiated with a warm moist air mass situated over Georgia as a strengthening upper level system pushed across central Georgia. With moderate instability in place with increased shear, combined to create numerous severe thunderstorms, taking the form of a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) with several strong supercells ahead of the front. The resulting front stalled across central Georgia and interacted with a weaker shortwave moving up from the Gulf of Mexico, serving as a catalyst for another day of severe weather and flash flooding on April 6th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022772. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.