EF1 Tornado — Twiggs, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Jeffersonville, Twiggs, Georgia

Event narrative

A high-end EF1 tornado quickly tracked across far eastern Twiggs

into southwest Wilkinson County. At its strongest, along Hwy 96

south of Jeffersonville, the tornado was roughly 1.5 miles south

of the KJGX WSR-88D Radar. In this Hwy 96 area, five homes were

damaged, including a corner section/garage area of one home

collapsed but the roof and exterior walls remained in tact.

Numerous trees around this property were either snapped (some near

the base) or uprooted. Across the street on the west side of Hwy

96, a manufactured home was pushed off its foundation with

significant roof and siding damage. Another home had part of its

roof and chimney collapse with significant loss of its roof

covering removed. As the tornado continued to cycle and track east toward the

Wilkinson County line, it encountered mainly rural areas and open

fields before crossing Hwy 80, about 2.3 miles southeast of

Jeffersonville. Several trees were seen snapped or uprooted with

minor roof/shingle damage to a small one-story home. On the

Wilkinson County side, damage picked back up between Sinclair

Drive and Old Macon Road. This was mainly tree damage with minor

structural damage to a home along with several property fences

blown down. Further northeast, multiple trees were snapped or

uprooted along McCue Road and Knightpond Road, just before turning

into Stuckey Road. Based on radar, additional damage (trees) was

likely along Pleasant Plains Church Road but that road was flooded

at the time of this ground survey. End point was placed just

beyond this road. [4/5/22: Tornado #10, County #1/2, EF-1, Twiggs/Wilkinson, 2022:013].

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (32.6484, -83.3773)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022800. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.