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EF0 tornado in Henry County, Georgia

Tornado February 12, 2019 · Henry County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
0.9 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 75 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down in the Locust Grove area of southern Henry County. The tornado snapped or uprooted trees as it moved southeast along the north side of Highway 42 between Barnes Drive and Davis Road. Just before the tornado lifted, the front and side porches of a house were lifted and then collapsed. No injuries were reported. [02/12/19: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-0, Henry, 2019:003].

The wider storm

A sharp upper-level trough and associated strong cold front swept through the region resulting in numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and a few isolated tornadoes across parts of north and central Georgia.

Began near Locust Grove (33.3393, -84.0971).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Fayette CountyEF0 Clayton CountyEF0 Macon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 803620. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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