EF0 tornado in Muscogee County, Georgia
Tornado April 14, 2019 · Muscogee County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Russell County, Alabama → Muscogee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds 85 mph and a maximum path width of 50 yards crossed the Chattahoochee river from Phenix City Alabama into Columbus Georgia. The tornado crossed the river between Rotary Park and 22nd Avenue snapping trees limbs between Victory Drive and Blanchard Boulevard. The tornado moved north damaging a metal awning and several gas pumps at a gas station along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as well as a metal warehouse on Cusseta Road in the Avondale community. Further north a large tree was blown down on 17th Street near 15th Avenue bringing down power lines. No injuries were reported. [04/14/19: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Muscogee, 2019:021].
The wider storm
A surface low and associated cold front swept through the region ahead of a deep upper-level trough. Moderate instability and strong shear, combined with the vigorous mid and upper-level dynamics to produce scattered reports of damaging thunderstorm winds and isolated tornadoes.
Began near Avondale (32.4401, -84.9697).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813023. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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