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EF1 tornado in Tift County, Georgia

Tornado April 13, 2020 · Tift County, Georgia

EF1

Rating

3.6 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 brief tornado touched down just southwest of Highway 82, west of Ty Ty, GA where there was minor structural damage as well as widespread trees being uprooted and snapped. The tornado moved northeast and crossed Highway 82 where a member of the public reported seeing it. It then continued northeast with damage reported on Little River Road and Whiddon Mill Road which was consistent with radar signatures. Thank you to Worth County GA Emergency Management officials in their help in collecting damage points and pictures.

The wider storm

A strong area of low pressure with sufficient instability and a very strong low level jet affected the tri-state area. A severe squall line crossed the area with numerous reports of wind damage. A couple of tornadoes occurred in south-central Georgia.

Began near Ty Ty (31.4831, -83.6644).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Irwin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890617. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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