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EF0 tornado in Early County, Georgia

Tornado March 18, 2021 · Early County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

3.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 dual-pol tornadic debris signature was observed on radar in a forested area with tree damage. No structural damage was reported.

The wider storm

A strong spring cold front moved through the tri-state region. A squall line preceded the front with scattered reports of severe weather, including a few tornadoes.

Began near Blakely-early Arpt (31.3600, -84.8800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Lee County EF1 Terrell County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 947654. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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