EF1 tornado in Stewart County, Georgia
Tornado November 23, 2014 · Stewart County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Barbour County, Alabama → Stewart County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 110 MPH, crossed the Chattahoochee River from Barbour County, Alabama into southwest Stewart County, Georgia southwest of the community of Coffington. The tornado tracked northeast for nearly 14 miles before lifting near the community of Julia along State Highway 39. The tornado mainly caused damage to trees with numerous hardwood and softwood trees either snapped or uprooted. [11/23/14: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF1, Stewart, 2014:018].
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 Coffinton (32.0002, -85.0653).
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 550466. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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