EF1 tornado in Houston County, Georgia
Tornado November 23, 2014 · Houston County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Houston County → Pulaski County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A NWS storm survey team found that an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH, touched down on Highway 26 near Loggins Road where it ripped shingles off of a house and destroyed an above-ground pool. The tornado reached its peak intensity along Pitts Road where a tied-down double-wide mobile home was pushed off of its foundation and had its roof peeled off. On East Flournoy Road a shed was overturned, trees were snapped and a boat was tossed over one hundred feet into a cotton field. Windows were blown out of a house at this location as well. [11/23/14: Tornado #9, County #1-2, EF1, Houston-Pulaski, 2014:026].
The wider storm
Moderate instability and strong shear associated with a deepening upper-level trough and surface low produced scattered thunderstorms across portions of Central Georgia. Several severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and several tornadoes occurred in the afternoon and early evening hours along and behind a warm front lifting north across the state.
Began near Elko (32.3152, -83.6336).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 549844. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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