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EF0 tornado in Walker County, Georgia

Tornado June 22, 2018 · Walker County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

The National Weather Service in conjunction with the Walker County Emergency Manager, and with the aid of video provided by the public, determined that a brief EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 150 yards, travelled 1.3 miles across a portion of eastern Walker County, north of the city of Lafayette. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Wheeler Road and Warren Road, just east of Highway 27, snapping a few trees. The tornado traveled southeast toward Lake Howard Road, producing several areas of damage between Ringgold Road and Lucas Lane, including two small barns that sustained significant damage and several larger trees either uprooted or snapped. A section of roof shingles was pulled up from a two-story home. No injuries were reported. [06/22/18: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Walker, 2018:009].

The wider storm

A deep, closed upper-level low over the center of the country resulted in widespread thunderstorms across north and central Georgia. Numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm winds were received.

Began near Lake Howard (34.7521, -85.2635).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 764304. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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