EF0 tornado in Hall County, Georgia

A brief, weak tornado spun up nearly immediately behind a line of

strong showers and thunderstorms as is tracked across southern

Hall County. Based on radar and NWS ground surveys, the narrow

tornado appeared to touch down between Sweetwater Point and Club

View Court, just south of Gaines Ferry Road. In this area,

several trees were snapped or uprooted with one falling onto a 2-

car garage. Additional trees were seen snapped or uprooted in a

fairly consistent path from Secret Cove Court to Athletic Club

Drive. The damage appeared to get more sporadic but additional

tree damage was seen along the storm's path until around

Laurelwood Trail and Sweetgum Trail which is just north of Gaines

Ferry Road. This tornado took a east-southeast track behind the

main leading line of storms. [12/30/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Hall, 2021:24].

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.