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EF2 tornado in Rockdale County, Georgia

Tornado April 2, 2024 · Rockdale County, Georgia

EF2
Rating
9.5 mi
Path length
800 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

An EF2 with max winds of 110-115 touched down near the 3200 block of Klondike Rd southwest of Conyers and traveled east-northeast downing thousands of trees, some landing on homes, businesses, and vehicles. Max intensity was reached near the intersection of Mcdaniel Road near Briarwood Circle, where 2/3 of a roof of a well built home was torn off. The tornado again reached EF1 intensity as it crossed North Main St NW, ParkCir, College Ave, Milstead Ave, McCalla St NE and Woodland Rd. The storm continued NE as an EF0.

The wider storm

A Quasi-Linear Convective System moved through the area through the night of the 2nd into the morning of the 3rd. Convection across West Central GA was weaker with limited to no severe activity due to weaker CAPE values, however shear and helicity were plentiful. Convection in the early morning hours was able to organize into several messy supercells ahead of the line, as they tapped into a region of more ample CAPE and steep mid-level lapse rates. Several tornado warnings were issued with three confirmed tornados including a strong EF2 tornado in Rockdale County between Pine Mountain and Conyers.

Began near Camp Smyrna (33.6554, -84.0903).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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