EF0 Tornado — Twiggs, Georgia

2022-04-06 · near Allentown, Twiggs, Georgia

0.0 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A QLCS EF0 tornado quickly developed along a line of storms the evening of Wednesday April 6, 2022. The tornado developed near the Twiggs/Bleckley County line along I-16 where several trees were snapped and uprooted. [4/6/22: Tornado #2, County #1/3, EF-0, Twiggs/Bleckley/Laurens, 2022:022].

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 1022812. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.