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EF1 tornado in Elbert County, Georgia

Tornado May 3, 2021 · Elbert County, Georgia

EF1

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

NWS storm survey found the path of a weak, short track tornado along Bowman Highway just northwest of the city of Elberton. A large metal storage building was heavily damaged between Allen Lane and Lena Dr. Otherwise, damage was limited to a few snapped trees and downed limbs.

The wider storm

A couple of supercell thunderstorms developed over the Georgia Piedmont during the afternoon. One of these storms produced a brief, weak tornado near Elberton.

Began near Silk Mills (34.1280, -82.8950).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 962639. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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