EF0 tornado — Jenkins County, Georgia

EF0 tornado in Jenkins County, Georgia

Tornado May 11, 2008 · Jenkins County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

1,200 yd

Path width

Injury

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,200 yards (0.68 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 Tornado touched down near the community of Emmalane, Georgia around 733 AM EDT southwest of the intersection of US-25 and Old Savannah Road. The Tornado continued northeast 1.7 miles and had a maximum width of 1200 yards. The observed damage indicated that an EF-1 Tornado had occurred. The maximum sustained winds with the Tornado were estimated at 95 mph. Damage occurred to a mobile home where the roof was uplifted and the structure shifted from its foundation. There was also significant damage to nearby sheds and trees.

The wider storm

A warm front lifted northward through southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia during the morning, with a strong cold front then sweeping through the area during the evening. This resulted in several rounds of severe weather across the region.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 108876. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Jenkins County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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