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EF0 tornado in Clay County, Georgia

Tornado March 1, 2007 · Clay County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
37.0 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
6
Injuries
$13.8M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dale County, Alabama → Henry County, Alabama → Clay County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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 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

After crossing from Alabama across Lake Eufaula, the tornado damaged several homes along Lakeview Drive, Macedonia Road, and Pataula Heights Lane. The tornado then approached Pataula Shores Circle and crossed State Highway 39. It snapped or uprooted many pines in and around Mt Zion Church Road, Frontage Trail and Hatcher Road before crossing the Clay-Quitman county line.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of March 1 ahead of advancing warm front across southwest Georgia, producing several reports of wind damage. Later that evening into the predawn hours of March 2, a squall line formed ahead of a cold front, with several reports of wind damage and tornadoes across portions of southwest and south central Georgia. One of the tornadoes tore through a mobile home park just north of Newton, killing six and injuring three.

Began near Ft Gaines (31.6593, -85.1196).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Baker County 6 deadEF2 Mitchell CountyEF2 Worth CountyEF2 Worth CountyEF1 Tift CountyEF0 Lowndes CountyEF0 Quitman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22792. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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