EF1 tornado in Macon County, Georgia

An EF1 tornado first touched down south of Ideal in the

Fountainville community in Macon County. Numerous trees were

snapped and uprooted along county road 240 near the Buck Creek

Bridge. The tornado continued tracking northeast following Buck

Creek in a heavily wooded region before crossing GA Hwy 90 at a

Tyson Plant. Minor damage occurred in and around the plant as well

as to a nearby mobile home. Trees were also snapped and uprooted

on both sides of Hwy 90. The tornado continued NE crossing county

Road 56 snapping trees before reaching Whitewater State park where

both ground survey and radar confirm it likely reached maximum

intensity. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as it crossed

Hwy 128. Several buildings at the park also sustained damage. The

tornado continued NE crossing the Flint River and heavily wooded

areas before crossing Hwy 49 snapping a few trees and beginning to

weaken. The storm continued NE crossing mostly farm fields

crossing county Road 227 and eventually Perkins Farm Road where a

small outbuilding was destroyed. The tornado lifted shortly

thereafter near Hwy 224. [4/5/22: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-1, Macon, 2022:007].

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.