Home / Georgia / Clay

EF1 tornado in Clay County, Georgia

Tornado January 4, 2019 · Clay County, Georgia

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

90 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 90 yards (0.05 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 brief tornado touched down just west of Zetto and impacted a single family residence. Part of the roof was ripped off from an attached carport as well as a garage on a shed blown in. Trees were uprooted and large branches were broken off on the residence. Brick and shingle damage was noted as well as other debris thrown about the yard and well behind the residence.

The wider storm

A QLCS moved through southwest Georgia during the early morning hours with one brief tornado confirmed.

Began near Zetto (31.5976, -84.9635).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 792082. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.