EF1 tornado in Laurens County, Georgia

Continuation from Dodge County -- The tornado continued ESE crossing Hwy 338 and reached peak intensity along Hwy 117 just to the NE of the Cadwell Community where numerous trees were uprooted and some damage to a home occurred due to falling trees. A porch cover was destroyed on a home along Moorman Ln. Damage became more intermittent as it continued east crossing Coleman Farm Rd, Hwy 441, S. Poplar Church Springs Road. Trees were also snapped and uprooted along Scotland Road and St. Mark Road before the tornado lifted in a wooded area east of St. Mark Road. [4/6/22: Tornado #4, County #2/2, EF-1, Dodge/Laurens, 2022:024].

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.