EF0 tornado in Pike County, Georgia
Tornado October 10, 2020 · Pike County, Georgia
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 200 yards travelled 2.1 miles across a portion of northern Pike County northeast of Concord. The tornado touched down just northeast of Concord near the intersection of Hill Street and West Road snapping or uprooting multiple trees along West Road as it moved north northeast before lifting near the intersection with Hollonville Road. The most extensive damage occurred along West Road near Bottoms Road where several pine trees were uprooted or snapped. No injuries were reported. [10/10/20: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-0, Pike, 2020:031].
The wider storm
During the afternoon and evening of October 10th, as the remnants of Hurricane Delta passed northwest of Georgia, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico spread across the area. Several weak tornadoes occurred in north and central Georgia in addition to pockets of heavy rainfall and flooding across the Atlanta metropolitan area and portions of northeast Georgia.
Began near Hilltop (33.1031, -84.4262).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 919455. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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