EF0 Tornado — Emanuel, Georgia

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

Event narrative

A brief tornado touched down southwest of US1 just south of Sand

Hill Rd causing minor roof damage to a home and snapping a few

trees. [4/5/22: Tornado #16, County #1/1, EF-0, Emanuel, 2022:019].

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 1022808. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.