EF1 Tornado — Crisp, Georgia

2024-04-03 · near Marshall, Crisp, Georgia

Event narrative

A tornado touched down over Lake Blackshear with damage quickly occuring where Scenic Route meets North Cedar Creek Rd. Numerous trees, some large pines, were snapped near the base and uprooted as the tornado tracked along North Cedar Creek Rd toward South Coney Rd. Several homes received significant damage due to falling trees with some rood damage, mainly to tin roofs getting peeled back. Max winds estimated at 100 mph. The tornado continued to track northeast where it continued to snap smaller trees. A farm picot irrigation system was flipped near South Coney Rd. A few trees were also snaped along McKinney Rd and just north along GA Hwy 300. Another pivot was flipped between GA Hwy 300 and Pateville Rd with a few tops of trees seen snapped from aerial survey.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1175097. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.