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EF0 tornado in Houston County, Georgia

Tornado April 3, 2024 · Houston County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
1.2 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 brief tornado touched down in a field of trees just southwest of Hwy 41 and Watson Blvd intersection. A few trees were seen snapped near this intersection that took out powerlines/poles. About 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile east of this location along Watson Blvd a few retail signs were blown out. No notable structural damage occurred aside that. Damage was confirmed by Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) from the KJGX radar.

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 Centerville (32.6107, -83.7144).

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 1175096. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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