EF0 Tornado — Taylor, Georgia

2017-04-27 · near Howard, Taylor, Georgia

Event narrative

A National Weather Service survey team found a long-track tornado path across southeast Talbot County that briefly crossed into Taylor County before crossing back into Talbot County and ending. The entire path length was nearly 22 miles and the maximum path width was 700 yards. As the tornado crossed into Taylor County it had weakened to EF-0 with maximum wind speed around 75 MPH and a maximum width around 100 yards. The tornado caused mainly minor damage to softwood trees and travelled around a mile before crossing back into Talbot County. No injuries were reported. [04/27/17: Tornado #1/1, County #2/3, EF-0, Talbot, Taylor, Talbot, 2017:067].

Wider weather episode

Afternoon heating combined with ample, deep moisture over the region resulted in a moderately unstable atmosphere across the area by late afternoon. This unstable atmosphere combined with moderate shear and a strong cold front sweeping through north and central Georgia to produce a few severe thunderstorms and an isolated tornado across portions of central Georgia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 695985. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.