EF0 Tornado — Wheeler, Georgia

2024-05-09 · near Avants, Wheeler, Georgia

Event narrative

An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph touched down to the

NW of the town of Alamo north of Blue Jay Road snapping a few

small trees. The storm continued east southeast crossing Little

Rock Rd snapping trees a few trees. The storm crossed mostly

swamp/lowland area before crossing North Broad St on the north

side of Alamo snapping and uprooting a few trees. When the

tornado entered the town of Alamo, EF0 damage was observed to a

small outbuilding where a wall had collapsed, a canopy on a

former service station had been damaged, a free standing light

pole had been downed, glass broken out of a small retail store

and a few fences blown down. The tornado dissipated as the

overall storm weakened once it moved through the small town of

Alamo.

Wider weather episode

Several waves of severe thunderstorms moved through the area from the evening hours of the 8th through the early afternoon hours of the 9th. Initial convection ahead of the first line was able to tap into ample shear to produce tornadic thunderstorms in Northwest GA. This threat transitioned more into a wind event as the first line moved through the morning of the 9th. This line continued southward into the metro causing sporadic wind damage. Thunderstorms weakened as they moved south of I20, however another line of severe made its way out of AL/TN, producing further wind damage in the North. The initial line slowly moved into the southern portion of the CWA where conditions were not as worked over and shear was stronger. Storms re-strengthened, with several producing brief tornados.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186084. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.