EF0 tornado — Cook County, Georgia

EF0 tornado in Cook County, Georgia

Tornado May 24, 2017 · Cook County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

568 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 568 yards (0.32 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 started near the intersection of Hutchinson Parrish and Howard Bennett Roads and moved north-northeast across an open field, growing in size to roughly 0.3 miles wide. The tornado then impacted an irrigation pivot along the south side of Boone Road, before impacting several residences on the north side of Boone Road. While there were sporadic instances of trees uprooted or snapped, all structural damage associated with this tornado was minor and mainly limited to the loss of metal roofs and shingles. Damage cost was estimated.

The wider storm

A couple of days of severe weather impacted southern Georgia on May 23rd and 24th. Two EF0 tornadoes occurred, and some straight line wind damage also occurred with impacts to trees and power lines.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 689101. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Cook County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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