EF1 tornado in Coffee County, Georgia

A tornado touched down southeast of Douglas, GA near Twentynine Mile Creek in Coffee county. The tornado tracked NE across farmland and produced damage to multiple large barns. The tornado continued to track NE and crossed Racoon Bridge Road where a double-wide mobile home as pushed off of its piers and large trees were snapped and uprooted. This damage was consistent with EF1 damage. Damaged continued along Burl Mill Road where more large trees were downed and a home sustained roof damage. As the tornado approached GA Highway 158 it weakened with only small trees and branches damaged in the area. Peak winds were estimated around 90 mph.

A warm front lifted northward across SE GA during the morning and placed the entire forecast area within the warm sector ahead of an approaching pre-frontal squall line. Strong SSW speed shear was over the area with 0-6 km bulk shear 50-60 kts across SE GA to 40-50 kts southward across NE FL. Warm and unstable conditions pushed northward to near Waycross into the afternoon with ML CAPE 1000-1500 J/kg as the pre-frontal convection approached into the late afternoon and early evening. Strong to severe storms moved across the local area during the late afternoon and early evening producing wind damage and a couple of tornadoes in SE GA.