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EF0 tornado in Stephens County, Georgia

Tornado April 13, 2020 · Stephens County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

22.4 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$140K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Habersham County → Banks County → Habersham County → Stephens County → Stephens County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

NWS storm survey determined that a tornado that began in Hall County and moved across portions of Habersham and Banks Counties moved into Stephens County in the area around 'Reservoir Number 44.' The tornado uprooted multiple trees before lifting in the area around E Red Roof Rd and Old Cannon Rd.

The wider storm

A strong storm system impacted the Southeast, resulting in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across northeast Georgia during the early morning hours of the 13th. This resulted in severe weather, including a couple of tornadoes.

Began near Boydville (34.4850, -83.4570).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 886044. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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