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EF1 tornado in Cobb County, Georgia

Tornado December 29, 2024 · Cobb County, Georgia

EF1
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
2
Injuries
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 EF1 tornado damaged approximately a dozen homes from numerous large trees that fell on them. Most of the damage occurred on Corral Dr. One home was nearly destroyed by a large pine tree and caused 2 injuries.

The wider storm

A QLCS (squall-line) moved through North and Central Georgia in the overnight hours of the 29th and 30th. There was high uncertainty as to how far into the state severe conditions could reach given the presence of weakening Cold-Air Damming (CAD) as far west as the ATL metro. Several storms produced sustained damaging winds. Storm surveys and radar analysis determined there were 6 tornadoes overnight, including 3 EF-1 and 3 EF-0. The longest tornado damage track was from an EF-1 in Meriwether County that produced damage along a 24-mile path. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted with a number of trees also falling on and damaging homes, vehicles, and other structures.

Began near Blackwells (34.0332, -84.4893).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Meriwether CountyEF1 Douglas CountyEF0 Meriwether CountyEF0 Fayette CountyEF0 De Kalb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1228334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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