EF1 Tornado — Taylor, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Norwich, Taylor, Georgia

Event narrative

An EF1 tornado quickly spun up as it entered Taylor County near

the county line in the community of Mauk. Several trees were

snapped and uprooted along Mt. Zion Church Road. The tornado

continued east quickly intensifying to max intensity as it crossed

Hwy 90. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted on both sides of

Hwy 90. Also noteworthy were large clumps of grass pulled from

the ground in an open field on the west side of Hwy 90. The

tornado continued ENE where several homes sustained damage along

Henry Currington Road either from wind damaging the roof or trees

falling onto or near them. The storm continued along Henry

Currington Road where a chicken house was nearly destroyed and a

nearby home sustained minor roof damage and the barn was

completely collapsed. The tornado continued ENE into a largely

uninhabited wooded area where both radar and areal survey confirm

that it weakened and lifted. [4/5/22: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Taylor, 2022:005].

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 1022789. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.