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EF0 tornado in Ware County, Georgia

Tornado April 7, 2025 · Ware County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
1.7 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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

Around 7:03 PM EDT, an EF0 tornado touched down in Waycross, GA

beginning near Magnolia St and Clifton Grove St. As the tornado

trekked northeastward, it caused large softwood trees to either

snap near the base of their trunk or snap large branches that

ultimately fell on homes. The fallen tree branches damaged roofs,

gutters and/or siding to homes along Holly St, Euclid Ave, and

Camellia Dr. Multiple large hardwood trees were uprooted and some

damaged nearby fences along Laurel St, Shadow Lawn, Baltimore Ave,

and Jasmine Cir. Damaging winds caused the partial loss of

shingles to homes along Camellia Dr and Jasmine Cir. The tornado

dissipated just north of Jasmine Cir near Caney branch stream

around 7:08 PM EDT.

The wider storm

Pre-front thunderstorms moved across an unstable airmass during the afternoon and evening as a strong 500 mb 55-70 kt jet moved across the area providing additional dynamical support and enhanced unidirectional shear.

Began near Waycross (31.2136, -82.3461).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244254. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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