EF0 Tornado — Atkinson, Georgia

2018-12-02 · near Saye, Atkinson, Georgia

Event narrative

Tree tops were broken off at the tops per EM storm survey. Damage was confined to areas south of Highway 82, between County Road 38 and Lazy Nine Road. The time of damage was based on radar data.

Wider weather episode

A lifting warm front, very saturated airmass and strong upper level dynamics ahead of a cold front created a couple waves of localized heavy rainfall across the local area from Dec. 1-2nd. A pre-frontal squall line with embedded supercell storms crossed the area during the afternoon of Dec. 2nd which triggered a few weak tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 791716. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.