EF1 Tornado — Emanuel, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Covena, Emanuel, Georgia

Event narrative

The same mesovortex that produced a brief tornado in northcentral

Treutlen County on April 5, spun up another weak tornado

southwest of Swainsboro near Kemp Rd and Ebenezer Church Rd. It

traveled northeast downing several trees then traveled near the

intersection of US80 and US1 as it entered the city limits. More

trees were snapped or uprooted along the path as it traveled into

the city. Several businesses near downtown had a large amount of

tin roofing blown off and into streets. A few signs were also

blown down. The tornado lifted shortly after this point just

northeast of downtown. [4/5/22: Tornado #15, County #1/1, EF-1, Emanuel, 2022:018].

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 1022806. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.