EF1 Tornado — Bibb, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Payne City, Bibb, Georgia

Event narrative

A brief tornado touched down on the north side of Macon, very

near the Piedmont Northside Hospital, taking down a few trees as

it moved northeast. More significant damage was quickly seen

around the Wimbush Road and Old Lundy Road intersection. A church

steeple was heavily damage along with multiple larger trees

snapped or uprooted. Some structural (mainly minor roof) damage

occurred in this area, and especially between Crestline Drive and

Thornwood Drive, just west of I-75. [4/5/22: Tornado #7, County #1/1, EF-1, Dooly, 2022:010].

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 1022795. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.