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EF1 tornado in Coweta County, Georgia

Tornado April 5, 2017 · Coweta County, Georgia

EF1
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
350 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 touched down north of Sharpsburg just west of Highway 154 and tracked southeast snapping both

hardwood and softwood trees as it crossed Willis Road and Highway 54. The greatest damage occurred north of Keg Creek along Reese Road where a swath of 10 to 15 trees were snapped. The tornado turned eastward snapping several trees along its path until it lifted near the intersection of Christopher Road and McIntosh Trail. No injuries were reported. [04/05/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Coweta, 2017:060].

The wider storm

Another strong short wave, the second in three days, rotated through a large and deep upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. A deep surface low and strong cold front moved through the state combining with moderate instability and strong low-level shear to produce another round of widespread severe weather across north and central Georgia, including several tornadoes.

Began near Thomas Xrds (33.3700, -84.6655).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Stewart CountyEF2 Laurens CountyEF1 Newton CountyEF1 Dooly CountyEF1 Dodge CountyEF0 Sumter County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698320. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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