EF1 Tornado — Chattahoochee, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Heineburg Village, Chattahoochee, Georgia

Event narrative

A tornado touched down on the east side of Fort Benning over

northeast Chattahoochee County as a line of strong to severe

thunderstorms crossed the area. Given the location of the

tornado, majority of the damage was to trees that were seen

snapped or uprooted. An aerial survey along with radar data and

ground pictures confirmed the track was just under 7 miles with

maximum winds around 90 mph. The tornado appeared

to lift just before the Marion county line. [4/5/22: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Chattahoochee, 2022:004].

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 1022786. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.