EF1 Tornado — Treutlen, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Allon Mill, Treutlen, Georgia

Event narrative

A fast-moving tornado began south of the intersection of Holton

Chapel Rd and Ohoopee Bend Crescent and traveled north-northeast

destroying several barns and outbuildings and heavily damaging two

homes on Ohoopee Bend Crescent. Tin roofing from the barns and

homes were thrown up to 1/3 of a mile away. Carport failed

allowing 1/2 of roof to be blown off of one home. Another home

built in the 1930s also had its carport blown off and 1/3 of roof

blown off. A double-wide trailer home was moved off its foundation

and had significant loss of siding and shingles but remained

intact. Almost all of the 100 trees in the area of the trailer

were snapped or uprooted. This area received the highest maximum

wind speed estimate of 110 mph. The tornado continued north-

northeast near the end of county road 161 downing trees and

damaging outbuildings before weakening and dissipating over

uninhabited areas near the Ohoopee and Little Ohoopee Rivers. [4/5/22: Tornado #14, County #1/1, EF-1, Treutlen, 2022:017].

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 1022805. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.