EF0 Tornado — Wilkinson, Georgia

2021-12-11 · near Irwinton, Wilkinson, Georgia

Event narrative

A brief tornado touched down over south-central Wilkinson County

within a small area of pre-frontal showers and storms that

produced a very brief but discrete mini-supercell. Based on radar

(cell was less than 10 miles from KJGX) and confirmed ground

reports of trees down, the tornado tracked from roughly between

Hwy 96 and JW Bridges Road and US Hwy 441 just north of Maiden

Creek. A well-defined TDS was noted at around 2219Z (5:19 PM EST)

and this lined up well with trees that were seen down just west of

this location, along Pleasant Plains Church Road. The eastward-

moving tornado lifted past US 441 as no additional damage was

noted east of this point. [12/11/21: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Wilkinson, 2021:22].

Wider weather episode

An unseasonably warm airmass ahead of a cold front sparked scattered showers and thunderstorms across north and central Georgia during the day, 11 December 2021. A few of these storms became strong to severe with localized wind damage and even a brief, weak tornado that touched down in middle Georgia (Wilkinson County).

View location on OpenStreetMap → (32.7300, -83.2100)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 996859. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.