EF0 tornado in Carroll County, Georgia

A short-lived EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 MPH moved along a path with a maximum width of 100 yards for 4.02 miles across portions of Carroll County. The tornado began north of the Mount Zion community along Lee Williams Road just west of Highway 27 where several large branches were snapped off of trees. Several other trees were snapped or uprooted along the path as the tornado moved northeast before ending around the intersection of Bell Road and Pleasant Ridge Road. [11/30/16: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF0, Carroll, 2016:008].

A strong cold front associated with a deep and sharp upper-level trough swept through the state accompanied by a line of thunderstorms. Despite only marginal instability; ample deep-layer shear and a strong low-level jet resulted in several reports of damaging winds and tornadoes with these thunderstorms. The early morning hours tornado that occurred in Catoosa County was actually associated with a supercell. The other tornadoes were associated with a Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) during the late morning/afternoon hours of the 30th.