EF1 tornado in Talbot County, Georgia
Tornado November 23, 2014 · Talbot 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 an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH, crossed Upatoi Creek from Marion County into Talbot County west of the Juniper community. The tornado tracked northeast around 2.5 miles mile before lifting around Benson Lake near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and the Cusseta Highway. The tornado caused mainly damage to trees with several hardwood and softwood trees snapped or uprooted. [11/23/14: Tornado #3, County #3-3, 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 Box Spgs (32.5330, -84.6319).
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 550469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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