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EF1 tornado in Houston County, Georgia

Tornado April 3, 2017 · Houston County, Georgia

EF1
Rating
9.2 mi
Whole path
600 yd
Path width
$175K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Peach County → Houston County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 93 MPH and a maximum path width of 600 yards moved east into Houston County from Peach County. The tornado entered the county along US Highway 41 at the intersection with Dunbar Road. The tornado continued eastward across northern sections of Centerville and Warner Robins before ending just east of Highway 129 near the northern end of Robins AFB. The primary damage along this path was snapped or uprooted trees. A few of these trees struck homes causing damage. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #16, County #2/2, EF-1, Peach, Houston, 2017:048].

The wider storm

A strong short wave and associated surface low swept through the southern and eastern U.S. and combined with moderate instability and strong shear resulted in widespread severe weather, including numerous tornadoes, across north and central Georgia from late morning through the afternoon.

Began near Centerville (32.6500, -83.7088).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Wilkinson CountyEF1 Carroll CountyEF1 Fulton CountyEF1 Muscogee CountyEF1 Lumpkin CountyEF1 Talbot CountyEF1 Upson CountyEF1 Schley CountyEF1 Monroe CountyEF1 Twiggs CountyEF1 Twiggs CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF1 Washington CountyEF0 Stewart CountyEF0 Stewart CountyEF0 Talbot CountyEF0 Webster CountyEF0 Spalding CountyEF0 Upson CountyEF0 Henry CountyEF0 Jones CountyEF0 Wilkinson CountyEF0 Wilkinson CountyEF0 Hancock CountyEF0 Wilkinson CountyEF0 Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698136. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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