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EF0 tornado in Charlton County, Georgia

Tornado January 4, 2023 · Charlton County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A line of thunderstorms moved across Charlton County in the early afternoon and produced a brief EF0 tornado that crossed River Road with damage about 5 miles to the east of the town of Winokur. The tornado moved across River Road and lifted quickly. Tree damage was around EF0 intensity which included a large tree down across River Road with peak winds estimated around 80 mph.

The wider storm

A line of pre-frontal severe storms, some of which produced tornadoes, tracked across SE GA during the afternoon and early evening hours. A tornado watch was in effect for portions of the area.

Began near Vantime (30.9851, -81.9586).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Pierce County EF0 Clinch County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1068511. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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