EF0 tornado in Harris County, Georgia
Tornado April 14, 2019 · Harris County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Muscogee County → Harris County → Talbot County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds 80 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards moved out of extreme northern Muscogee County into southeast Harris County. The tornado moved across McKee Road and Boyd Court snapping several trees before continuing northeast into an uninhabited area along Randall Creek and Boyd Branch. Further northeast, the tornado crossed Ridgeway Road where it hit a hunting camp, rolling two small camper-trailers. The tornado continued northeast, crossing into Talbot County just south of Highway 315. No injuries were reported. [04/14/19: Tornado #2, County #2/3, EF-0, Harris, 2019:022].
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 Ridgeway (32.5834, -84.7414).
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 813033. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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