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EF0 tornado in Taylor County, Georgia

Tornado January 1, 2021 · Taylor County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
2.9 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down north of Butler near the intersection of Jack Peed Road and Hwy 19. Several small to medium-sized trees were snapped or uprooted with debris thrown across the highway. The tornado moved northeast in the area to the northwest of Lt. Peed Road before ending just northeast of the intersection of County Road 108 and E. Old Wire Road. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and minor roof damage occurred to a home near the intersection of Lt. Peed Road and E Old Wire Road. [1/1/21: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Taylor, 2021:001].

The wider storm

A warm and moist airmass ahead of a strong cold front provided marginal instability for scattered thunderstorms. Moderate shear and strong lift ahead the front produced scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across central and parts of north Georgia and a few isolated, brief tornadoes.

Began near Fickling Mill (32.6320, -84.2560).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Monroe CountyEF0 Crawford CountyEF0 Monroe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 932899. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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