EF1 tornado in Marion County, Georgia
Tornado November 23, 2014 · Marion County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Chattahoochee County → Marion County → Talbot County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 70 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 the EF-1 tornado that touched down in Chattahoochee County crossed the northwest corner of Marion County. The tornado crossed into Marion County near County Road 65 and traveled northeast for around one half mile before it crossed Upatoi Creek into Talbot County. Maximum wind speeds were around 100 MPH with mainly damage to trees. [11/23/14: Tornado #3, County #2-3, EF1, Chattahoochee-Marion-Talbot, 2014:020].
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 Juniper (32.5266, -84.6373).
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 550468. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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