EF1 Tornado — Bleckley, Georgia

2022-04-05 · near Rebie, Bleckley, Georgia

Event narrative

The parent storm responsible for the QLCS tornado which impacted

the south side of Cochran quickly regenerated a new EF1 tornado

near the Bleckley and Laurens county line south of W. Chicken

Road. Trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado crossed

Branch Road. The tornado quickly reached maximum intensity along

Hillbridge Road where hundreds of trees were snapped an uprooted.

The storm continued east into a wooded area before lifting at

Thompson Road. [4/5/22: Tornado #17, County #1/2, EF-1, Bleckley/Laurens, 2022:020].

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 1022809. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.