Tornadoes · United States · Georgia · 2017

EF1 tornado, Wenona to Bedgood, Georgia, January 22, 2017

Name: EF1 tornado, Wenona to Bedgood, Georgia, January 22, 2017
Start: 2017-01-22T21:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-01-22T21:02:00.000Z
Location: Wenona to Bedgood, Georgia

From Wenona to Bedgood, this EF1 tornado ran 0.3 miles across Crisp County on January 22, 2017, touching down at 4:00 PM EST and reaching 900 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $10,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: EF1
Date: January 22, 2017
Touchdown: 4:00 PM EST (21:00 UTC)
Lifted: 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
On the ground: 2 minutes
Path length: 0.3 miles (0.5 km)
Path width: 900 yards (823 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
County: Crisp County
Touchdown point: 31.804, -83.617
Lift-off point: 31.806, -83.612
Record number: 1701221500-01

The damage survey

95 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS FFC and NWS TAE, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF3. The highest wind the damage implies is 140 mph.

solid granite sign toppled
hundreds of trees snapped or uprooted
Large frame home. Portion of home slid off foundation. Two portions of home completely collapsed.
Small shed collapsed. Several trees uprooted.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

What the Weather Service recorded

Throughout the weekend of the 21st and 22nd, persistent southwesterly upper-level flow brought a series of strong short waves across the region. The atmosphere over central Georgia was unseasonably warm and unstable with strong low and mid-level shear. The first short wave generated a wave of severe thunderstorms across central and south Georgia through the morning and into the afternoon of the 21st that produced numerous tornadoes. Twenty three tornadoes were confirmed in the WFO Peachtree City warning area with 27 total tornadoes confirmed in the state of Georgia, both records for the number of tornadoes in a single day. A second, stronger short wave swept through during the late morning and afternoon of the 22nd bringing another round of severe weather to central and south Georgia. Additional tornadoes confirmed brought the 2-day total to 27 for the WFO Peachtree City warning area and 41 for the state of Georgia, both a record number for a 2 day period.

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 87 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards began along Pateville Road and moved north-northeast crossing Georgia-Florida Parkway and then the eastern side of the city of Cordele before crossing I-75 and lifting around Highway 257 and Midway Church Road. Roof damage occurred to several homes along this path as well as numerous downed trees. [01/21/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF1, Crisp, 2017:025].

A National Weather Service survey team found that the large tornado that moved across Dougherty, Turner and Wilcox Counties produced damage, mainly downed trees, in the extreme southeast corner of Crisp County along Deep Creek. The main damage path at this time remained in Turner County but was wide enough to extend into this small portion of Crisp County. [01/22/17: Tornado #2, County #1/2, EF1, Crisp-Wilcox, 2017:026].

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

The warnings

20 minutes of warning. NWS TAE issued a tornado warning for this county at 20:40 UTC, 20 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 21:15 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 17:47 UTC and running to 21:38 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
03:25 UTC	08:22 UTC	Tornado Watch	TAE
03:58 UTC	04:30 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE
04:28 UTC	05:02 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE
06:04 UTC	06:22 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE
07:27 UTC	08:00 UTC	Tornado Warning	TAE
07:44 UTC	08:02 UTC	Tornado Warning	TAE
08:22 UTC	17:47 UTC	Tornado Watch	TAE
09:24 UTC	10:01 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE
17:00 UTC	23:00 UTC	Wind Advisory	TAE
17:47 UTC	21:38 UTC	Tornado Watch	TAE
20:15 UTC	20:45 UTC	Tornado Warning	TAE
20:40 UTC	21:15 UTC	Tornado Warning	TAE

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a High Risk, with a 0.30 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 19:56 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jan 22, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
244 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2017

...High Risk of Severe Weather This Afternoon...

.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...
Rare high risk of severe weather along the northeastern Gulf Coast
this afternoon. PDS Tornado Watch is in effect for entire area
through early evening. 18Z KTAE sounding is incredibly sobering
with deep layer shear near 70kt, low-level shear near 35kt, with
over 2000j/kg of SBCAPE. Broken line of supercells will sweep
across the region through the afternoon, with a few long-lived
tornadoes possible, as rapidly deepening low-pressure lifts into
north-central Alabama.

Outside of the storms, very windy conditions are expected, even
behind the line of storms, owing to the deepening surface low.
Will maintain the wind advisory. Conditions will improve after
sunset with drier and cooler air moving in.

.SHORT TERM [Monday Through Tuesday Night]...
Sfc and upper low will become vertically stacked on Monday with
deep northwesterly flow across the area. Expect a grey and breezy
day with a few showers possible along the northern tier.
Temperatures will be closer to seasonal normals the next couple of
days, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s.

.LONG TERM [Wednesday Through Sunday]...
A ridge will build over the southeastern states for the middle of
the week with warming temperatures and dry weather. Another upper
trough will approach by late in the work week, bringing another
chance of rain. Severe chances appear rather low with system at
the moment.

&&

.AVIATION [Through 18Z Monday]...
All area terminals have a threat for severe storms today with IFR
conditions and wind gusts to 50 knots. The convection will end
from west to east this evening with periods of MVFR ceilings
possibly rotating into the region from the north later tonight.
Non-convective wind gusts to 30 kt will be common this evening and
again Monday morning.

&&

.MARINE...
Severe storms and gale conditions will continue into the evening.
The severe storm threat will end from west to east. However, the
gale conditions will continue through Monday morning. Conditions
will improve through the middle of the week.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Windy conditions are expected through Monday. However, fuel
moisture levels will be very high.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Area rivers and streams will be on the rise following the last
several days of rain. Minor to moderate flooding is expected on
the Choctawhatchee Basin. Minor flooding is forecast elsewhere.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

Tallahassee   53  65  43  68  48 /  30  10   0   0   0
Panama City   57  65  49  64  57 /  30  10   0   0   0
Dothan        51  62  42  65  48 /  30  10   0   0   0
Albany        51  63  42  66  46 /  30  20   0   0   0
Valdosta      52  64  43  67  46 /  30  10   0   0   0
Cross City    56  66  45  68  47 /  60  10   0   0   0
Apalachicola  58  66  48  66  56 /  50  10   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Wind Advisory until 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ this evening for Calhoun-
     Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Dixie-Coastal Franklin-
     Coastal Gulf-Coastal Jefferson-Coastal Taylor-Coastal
     Wakulla-Gadsden-Holmes-Inland Bay-Inland Dixie-Inland
     Franklin-Inland Gulf-Inland Jefferson-Inland Taylor-Inland
     Wakulla-Jackson-Lafayette-Leon-Liberty-Madison-North Walton-
     South Walton-Washington.

     High Rip Current Risk through late Monday night for Coastal Bay-
     Coastal Franklin-Coastal Gulf-South Walton.

     High Surf Advisory until 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Tuesday for
     Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-South Walton.

GA...Wind Advisory until 6 PM EST this evening for Baker-Ben Hill-
     Berrien-Brooks-Calhoun-Clay-Colquitt-Cook-Decatur-Dougherty-
     Early-Grady-Irwin-Lanier-Lee-Lowndes-Miller-Mitchell-
     Quitman-Randolph-Seminole-Terrell-Thomas-Tift-Turner-Worth.

AL...Wind Advisory until 5 PM CST this afternoon for Coffee-Dale-
     Geneva-Henry-Houston.

GM...Gale Warning until 1 PM EST Monday for Apalachee Bay or Coastal
     Waters From Keaton Beach to Ochlockonee River Fl out to 20
     Nm-Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola Fl
     out to 20 Nm-Coastal waters from Suwannee River to Keaton
     Beach out 20 NM-Coastal waters from Apalachicola to Destin
     FL out 20 NM-Waters from Suwannee River to Apalachicola FL
     from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from Apalachicola to Destin FL from
     20 to 60 NM.

&&

NEAR TERM...Camp
SHORT TERM...Camp
LONG TERM...Camp
AVIATION...Camp
MARINE...Camp
FIRE WEATHER...Camp
HYDROLOGY...Camp

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 22, 10:23 AM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1023 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     FLOOD            4 W LAKE PARK           30.68N 83.26W
01/22/2017                   LOWNDES            GA   PUBLIC

            COCORAHS OBSERVED MEASURED 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 AM
            WITH CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 376.
            INTERSTATE 75 EXIT 5 INTERCHANGE HAS FLOODED LANES ALONG
            LAKES BLVD.

&&

WOOL

Local storm report, Jan 22, 11:07 AM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1107 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KILLEARN LAKES          30.58N 84.22W
01/22/2017                   LEON               FL   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR KILLEARN LAKES AND DEERLAKE

&&

EWESTON

Local storm report, Jan 22, 11:28 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1128 AM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 AM     HAIL             DE FUNIAK SPRINGS       30.72N 86.12W
01/22/2017  E1.00 INCH       WALTON             FL   PUBLIC

            PHOTO RECEIVED VIA EMAIL.

&&

WOOL

Local storm report, Jan 22, 12:09 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1209 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S BLOCKER             30.57N 84.27W
01/22/2017                   LEON               FL   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN

&&

EWESTON

Local storm report, Jan 22, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
223 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0258 AM     TORNADO          5 NNE THOMASVILLE MUNIC 30.91N 83.96W
01/22/2017                   THOMAS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            *** 3 INJ *** DAMAGE REPORTED IN THOMAS COUNTY WITH
            DUAL-POL TDS. 3 INJURIES REPORTED

&&

RH

Local storm report, Jan 22, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
227 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 AM     TORNADO          4 SE ADEL               31.09N 83.38W
01/22/2017                   COOK               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 8 FATAL *** EMS RELAYED REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER
            THAT THESE FATALTITIES HAD OCCURRED.

&&

RH

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), 12:00Z

9.0 hours before the tornado, 169 km from the path. January 22, 2017.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 15.6
0-3 km lapse rate: 6.3 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), 00:00Z

3.0 hours after it, 169 km from the path. January 23, 2017.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84211 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 101 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 6.2 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Cordele (CKF), 25 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
19:15 UTC	69	65.3	150° 8 kt		993.9
19:35 UTC	68.2	64.8	140° 9 kt		993.2
19:55 UTC	67.8	65	140° 10 kt		992.2	-RA
20:15 UTC	67.3	65.7	120° 10 kt		990.5	-RA
20:35 UTC	67.8	65.8	270° 12 kt	16	991.2	-RA
20:55 UTC	67.6	66.4	270° 5 kt		992.2	+RA
21:15 UTC	65	61.7	190° 5 kt	22	990.5	-RA
21:35 UTC	68	62	160° 8 kt	14	990.9
21:55 UTC	68.2	64	210° 7 kt		991.2
22:15 UTC	69.8	66.2	230° 6 kt		991.2
22:35 UTC	71	67	260° 13 kt	18	990.9	-RA
22:55 UTC	64	58.3	290° 22 kt	32	992.2

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 21:00 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Report	Where	County	Remark
20:42 UTC	TORNADO 3	4 Ssw Doles	Worth, GA	EF3 TORNADO FROM DOUGHERTY COUNTY CONTINUED INTO WORTH COUNTY WITH EF3 DAMAGE FOUND IN WORTH COUNTY AS WELL. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON WEDNESDAY.
20:52 UTC	TORNADO	3 Ene Raines	Crisp, GA	A NEW STORM SPAWNED TO THE NORTH OF THE LARGER STORM THAT PRODUCED THE ALBANY TORNADO AND PRODUCED A WEAK EF0 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 80 MPH THAT BEGAN SOUTH OF CORDELE. THIS TORNADO TRACKED 7.3 MILES AS IT MOVED NE AC
20:55 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Cordele	Crisp, GA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING NEAR GA-HWY 300 AND PATEVILLE ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
20:56 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Cordele	Crisp, GA	SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES ALONG SOUTH 7TH STREET. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE EXTENDED NORTHEAST FROM THIS POINT ON THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF CORDELE. TORNADO POSSIBLE.
21:00 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Sylvester Airport	Worth, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO- WIDESPREAD DAMAGE BETWEEN HWY 82 AND HWY 32. TREES ON HOUSES, IN HOUSES, AND OVER ROADS. POWER OUTAGES IN SYLVESTER. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
21:00 UTC	TORNADO 3	4 N Ashburn	Turner, GA	EF3 TORNADO FROM DOUGHERTY AND WORTH COUNTIES CONTINUED INTO TURNER COUNTY WITH EF3 DAMAGE FOUND IN TURNER COUNTY AS WELL. ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON WEDNESDAY.
21:09 UTC	TORNADO	4 W Owensboro	Wilcox, GA	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF DAMAGE TO 4 HOMES ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF REBECCA ON HWY 112.
21:10 UTC	TORNADO	2 Ese Double Run	Wilcox, GA	THE TORNADO THAT STRUCK DOUGHERTY... WORTH AND TURNER COUNTIES CONTINUED INTO WILCOX COUNTY AND TRAVELED 14.5 MILES BEFORE LIFTING 2 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE. MAX WINDS WERE 120 MPH CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE
21:15 UTC	TORNADO	2 Sw Kramer	Wilcox, GA	DAMAGED REPORTED ALONG AMERICAN LEGION RD....WITH HOUSES HEAVILY DAMAGED....SEMI TRUCKS TURNED OVER...AND TREES DOWN.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of January 22, 2017

20 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 22	2:56 AM EST	EF2	Thomas, GA	18.7	700		3	$270,000
January 22	3:29 AM EST	EF3	Brooks, GA	24.7	700	11	45	$2.5 million
January 22	4:25 AM EST	EF1	Liberty, GA	0.6	250
January 22	4:47 AM EST	EF1	Coffee, GA	3.1	1,200
January 22	5:52 AM EST	EF1	Appling, GA	11.1	1,900
January 22	7:00 AM EST	EF1	Lowndes, GA	4.8	400			$250,000
January 22	12:36 PM CST	EF0	Tuscaloosa, AL	0.3	200
January 22	1:02 PM CST	EF1	Henry, AL	5.5	100			$100,000
January 22	1:06 PM CST	EF1	Bullock, AL	2.0	320
January 22	2:38 PM EST	EF2	Clay, GA	12.0	400		1	$650,000
January 22	1:46 PM CST	EF0	Lee, AL	4.8	200
January 22	2:50 PM EST	EF1	Franklin, FL	2.4	350
January 22	2:00 PM CST	EF1	Lee, AL	3.1	540
January 22	3:15 PM EST	EF3	Dougherty, GA	70.4	2,200	5	88	$310 million
January 22	3:52 PM EST	EF1	Crisp, GA	6.9	300			$20,000
January 22	4:15 PM EST	EF1	Bleckley, GA	2.2	100			$20,000
January 22	4:22 PM EST	EF0	Bleckley, GA	0.6	50			$10,000
January 22	4:47 PM EST	EF1	Atkinson, GA	3.1	1,200
January 22	6:26 PM EST	EF1	Camden, GA	16.6	120
January 22	6:29 PM EST	EF1	Camden, GA	1.6	120

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.