EF1 Tornado — Greene, Georgia

2021-08-17 · near Carey, Greene, Georgia

Event narrative

A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down west of Greensboro along Northwoods Drive, just north of Highway 278. The tornado traveled

north northwest along the eastern shore of Lake Oconee where several homes had trees snapped and uprooted around them. One home had several windows blown in. Along Arrowhead Road and Quail Trails numerous trees were snapped and uprooted and several boathouses were destroyed along with several outbuildings and sheds. Many homes suffered minor damage and a few had more significant damage where trees fell onto the homes. The tornado continued moving to the north northwest along the lake in mainly uninhabited areas until it crossed Greenbriar Drive where many large limbs and branches were blown down. The tornado dissipated after it crossed South M Copeland Road in a wooded area to the west of the road. [8/17/21: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-1, Greene, 2021:018].

Wider weather episode

The remains of Tropical Storm Fred moved across central and north Georgia as a tropical depression during the overnight hours through the morning producing isolated reports of damaging winds in convective bands and several tornadoes. No reports of wind damage were received outside of the stronger convective bands. Rainfall amounts exceeded 4 inches in portions of northeast Georgia, with amounts of 6 to 8 inches observed in the northeast Georgia mountains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970151. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.