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Event Details:
Event | Tornado |
-- Scale | EF2 |
-- Length | 5.94 Miles |
-- Width | 250 Yards |
State | GEORGIA |
County/Area | GRADY |
WFO | TAE |
Report Source | NWS Storm Survey |
NCEI Data Source | CSV |
Begin Date | 2009-02-19 00:50 EST-5 |
Begin Location | 4ENE PRINCES STILL |
Begin Lat/Lon | 30.8043/-84.182 |
End Date | 2009-02-19 00:55 EST-5 |
End Location | 3SSE PINE PARK |
End Lat/Lon | 30.8124/-84.0823 |
Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
Property Damage | 1.00M |
Crop Damage | 0.00K |
Episode Narrative | Just after midnight on the 19th, a long track supercell thunderstorm spawned an EF-2 tornado south of Cairo in Grady County. The tornado raced to the east into Thomas County, causing EF-2 damage just south of Thomasville. A second tornado developed and produced EF-3 damage near Boston. |
Event Narrative | A tornado touched down near Rawls and Lewis Roads just west of Georgia Highway 93. Damage along Rawls Road was limited to uprooted or snapped trees. One horse trailer was tipped over. The tornado continued eastward and moved a double wide modular home off its foundation on the west side of Holstein Lane. On the east side of Holstein Lane, a large cinder-block building was severely damaged, with the top level of the structure destroyed and lower west- and south-side facing walls collapsed. Three large grain silos south of the building were damaged or destroyed, and two large barns 50 yards to the east were destroyed. The tornado crossed Georgia Highway 93 just north of Lewis Road and plowed through a pine forest along the north side of Lower Cairo Road. Before crossing into Thomas County, over 95 percent of the trees near Plantation Drive adjacent to Lower Cairo Road were snapped. According to the Grady County Emergency Management Agency, a total of 15 homes were damaged, with about 300 residents without power. |
Event Map:
Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.All events for this episode:
Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals: | 0 | 0 | 11.100M | 0.00K | |||||||
PRINCES STILL | GRADY CO. | GA | 02/19/2009 | 00:50 | EST-5 | Tornado | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000M | 0.00K |
HOMESTEAD PARK | THOMAS CO. | GA | 02/19/2009 | 00:55 | EST-5 | Tornado | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 10.000M | 0.00K |
EASON | THOMAS CO. | GA | 02/19/2009 | 01:20 | EST-5 | Tornado | EF3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00K | 0.00K |
Totals: | 0 | 0 | 11.100M | 0.00K |