EF1 Tornado — Emanuel, Georgia

2022-04-06 · near Adrian, Emanuel, Georgia

Event narrative

A fast-moving QLCS produced a long tracked tornado

starting just north of Adrian near Meeks Rd south of Ohopee Rd

downing trees and continued north of due-east nearly paralleling

a line just north of US80. Along Odomville Church Rd west of

US221, numerous trees were snapped, some falling on homes. The

tornado weakened some then intensified as it crossed Cow Ford

Bridge Rd snapping or uprooting 50-100 trees over a wide swath.

The tornado weakened as it traveled into rural areas north of and

near US80. Some trees were downed near Woodstock Rd and US80 and

again along Overstreet Rd just north of US80. The tornado

broadened and strengthened a bit as it entered Swainsboro (just

27 hours after another tornado went through this same area) east

and southeast of the Swainsboro Golf and Country Club near McLeod

Bridge Rd, Oaklawn Dr and Kite Rd, downing numerous trees and

power lines. Further east a home on Lucky St had roof damage from

a tree falling on it. The tornado traveled into the Lake Luck

area downing a power pole and a few trees near Fortune Loop Dr

and Prosperity Dr. A 24ft camper was destroyed by an uprooted

tree nearby on Prosperity Dr. Damage immediately east of this

area was much weaker and limited to a few tree limbs after which

the tornado lifted. [4/6/22: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-1, Emanuel, 2022:026].

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 1022825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.