EF1 Tornado — Wilkinson, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Cooktown, Wilkinson, Georgia

Event narrative

Continuation from Twiggs County -- 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 #2/2, EF-0, 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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022801. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.