EF1 Tornado — Crawford, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Francisville, Crawford, Georgia

Event narrative

The parent storm responsible for tornadoes in Taylor County

recycled yet again in Crawford County and another EF1 tornado

touched down as it approached the town of Roberta from the

Southwest. The tornado first touched down along Hwy 128 and Pope

Road snapping a few trees before destroying 2 barns at a farm on

the south side of Hwy 128 and severely damaging a third. The home

nearby also sustained significant roof damage and broken windows.

The tornado crossed to the north side of Hwy 128 traveling through

mostly wooded areas before reaching several homes along Ridgon Rd

and Beech Blvd. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted around

the homes. A shed was lifted and flipped over on its roof, a car

was smashed by a tree and some siding and roof damage occurred to

the 2 homes. The storm crossed Hwy 128 again where several homes

sustained shingle damage an numerous trees were snapped and

uprooted along Seagler Road and Myrtle Drive. The tornado

continued east crossing S. Duggar Ave and S. Matthews St.snapping

and uprooting trees with mostly EF0 type wind damage. The storm

then turned NE crossing HWY 42 near Old Knoxville Road where a few

trees were downed. The storm then continued NE crossing Running

Deer Rd, Sandy Point Circle, Daisy Lane before lifting shortly

after crossing Causey Road. All of the damage from the south side

of Roberta east to the end of the path was EF0. The EF1 level

damage occurred from the beginning of the path to Rigdon Rd. [4/5/22: Tornado #5, County #1/1, EF-1, Crawford, 2022:008].

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 1022792. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.