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EF0 tornado in Crawford County, Georgia

Tornado January 1, 2021 · Crawford County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
0.8 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
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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 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 100 yards touched down along W. Hopewell Road just east of Horse Creek and travelled northeast, ending just east of Taylor Road. Multiple trees were blown down along W. Hopewell Road and Taylor Road and part of the roof of a home was blown off in this area. [1/1/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Crawford, 2021:002].

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 Ceres (32.7740, -84.0930).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Monroe CountyEF0 Taylor CountyEF0 Monroe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 932912. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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