EF1 tornado in Cherokee County, Georgia

A low end EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Northern Cherokee

County on Thursday December 30, 2021 during the very early hours

of the morning as a line of thunderstorms moved through the

region. The tornado first touched down north of Fate Conn Rd

located northwest of Canton near some homes along the road.

Several trees were uprooted, a large trampoline was thrown to the

west approximately 150 yards into a neighboring home. Also near

the beginning of the track, a large bedroom window was blown in

on a large home and a large fence on a tennis court was blown down.

As the storm continued east, it intensified to max intensity in a

wooded area where hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted

behind several homes along the Fate Conn Rd. A small barn and an

RV were destroyed by numerous falling trees in the core of the

path. A home along Rolling Hill Place drive had a tree fallen it.

The storm continued east snapping trees before lifting just

before reaching Towne Mill Ave. [12/30/21: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-1, Cherokee, 2021:25].

Within an unseasonably warm and moist low-level environment, a strong southwest upper level flow with an intense mid-level shortwave ejecting across the Central Plains/Midwest regions resulted in a line of strong to severe thunderstorms (along with heavy rain) across north Georgia during the evening and overnight hours of 29-30 December 2021. The remnant boundary/front settled over central Georgia during the afternoon of 30 December 2021 which resulted in redevelopment of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms. Several tornadoes, along with areas of wind damage and large hail occurred all across north and central Georgia from these events. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches occurred over the area, resulting in isolated flash flooding in the greater Atlanta metro area.