EF0 Tornado — Baldwin, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Browns Crossing, Baldwin, Georgia

Event narrative

A brief tornado touched down west-northwest of Milledgeville just

after 4PM on April 5th. More than 100 trees were reported down

around a property just south of the Old Monticello Road NW and

Avery Store Road intersection, with additional trees snapped or

uprooted about 1/2 mile up along Avery Store Road. [4/5/22: Tornado #9, County #1/1, EF-0, Baldwin, 2022:012].

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 1022798. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.