EF1 tornado in Dodge County, Georgia
Tornado January 4, 2015 · Dodge County, Georgia
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 120 yards (0.07 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
An NWS survey team found that the same storm that produced two brief tornadoes in Pulaski County produced a brief EF1 tornado in central Dodge County. The tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 120 yards, touched down southwest of the intersection of Log Cabin Road and Antioch Church Road and traveled just 0.32 miles through the intersection before dissipating. Around a dozen trees were downed narrowly missing homes and cars. [01/04/15: Tornado #3, County #1-1, EF1, Dodge, 2015:003].
The wider storm
A strong surface low associated with a deep upper-level trough lifted out of the lower Mississippi Valley and swept across the southern Appalachians the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th producing heavy rain and flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes.
Began near Dempsey (32.2245, -83.2403).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 555634. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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