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EF1 tornado in Randolph County, Georgia

Tornado April 5, 2017 · Randolph County, Georgia

EF1
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
1,320 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,320 yards (0.75 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado touched down near the Randolph-Stewart county line. It was produced from the same supercell that spawned the tornado that impacted Henry and Barbour counties in Alabama and Quitman county in Georgia. The Randolph county portion of the tornado track was rated EF1 due to tree damage. This is a rural area, and no structures were damaged in Randolph county. This tornado continued into Stewart and Webster counties with the max intensity rated as EF2 in Stewart county with max winds estimated near 120 mph.

The wider storm

Severe weather during the first week of April resulted in a couple of tornadoes and several reports of hail and straight line wind damage across the tri-state area.

Began near Benevolence (31.9114, -84.8277).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Henry CountyEF0 Worth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 680140. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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