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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1217 PM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for Wheeler County Tornado on 9/26/24...

.Overview...Ahead of Hurricane Helene, there were several
showers/storms that had low-level rotation. One of these cells
spawned a very short-lived tornado in Wheeler County GA during
the evening hours of September 26th 2024. See more details below.

.Wheeler County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.70 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   75 yards
Fatalities:             2
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             09/26/2024
Start Time:             08:56 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 NNE Jordan / Wheeler County / GA
Start Lat/Lon:          32.0583 / -82.6513

End Date:               09/26/2024
End Time:               08:58 PM EDT
End Location:           2 N Jordan / Wheeler County / GA
End Lat/Lon:            32.0671 / -82.657

Survey Summary:
A brief tornado occurred in rural Wheeler County ahead of
Hurricane Helene during the evening hours of September 26th. The
tornado touched down and crossed Hwy 19 near the intersections of
Ponderosa Road and Adams Cemetery Road. A few small trees were
snapped, but the main damage was to a mobile home/trailer that
was completely destroyed with debris thrown across Hwy 19 into a
field about 75 yards away. The mobile home/trailer was not
fastened down and there are no pics of what it looked like before
it was hit. Based on this, we went below the lower bound
thresholds for MH being completely destroyed but still estimated
a low-end EF-1 tornado (max winds of 90 mph).

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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