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EF2 tornado in Mitchell County, Georgia

Tornado April 20, 2020 · Mitchell County, Georgia

EF2

Rating

8.7 mi

Whole path

500 yd

Path width

$350K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

Tornado touched down just west of the Mitchell/Worth County line along South County Line Road, damaging a mobile home. The tornado continued northeast, impacting several single family homes along Highway 112 and York Road. Damage to a home on York Road was consistent with an EF2 tornado wind peak winds around 120 mph. The tornado lift shortly after crossing York Road, with no additional damage noted.

The wider storm

A potent upper trough moved across the southeast states with numerous severe storms, including widespread wind damage and tornadoes. The tri-state area was under an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center. Some of the tornadoes were significant and rated EF2. Unfortunately, one fatality occurred in southeast Alabama.

Began near Lester (31.4200, -84.0000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890613. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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