EF0 tornado — Monroe County, Georgia

EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Georgia

Tornado January 1, 2021 · Monroe County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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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 85 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down in southwest

Monroe county southeast of the intersection of Hardin Road and Treadwell Road. The tornado travelled northeast before ending along Treadwell Road between Hardin Road and Rogers Church Road. Multiple trees were blown down. Up to 10 structures received some damage and a garage completely destroyed. [1/1/21: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-0, Monroe, 2021:003].

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.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 932914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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