Banks County Tornado

Banks County EF-1 Tornado

Damage Path - Banks County

County

Rating

# of Fatalities/Injuries

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Banks

EF-1

0 Fatalities /

0 Injuries

Rating:	EF-1
Peak Wind:	90 mph
Path Length:	5.7 miles
Path Width:	100 yards
Fatalities:	0
Injuries:	0
Start Date:	August 17, 2021
Start Time:	10:24 AM EDT
Start Location:	4 E Homer
Start Lat/Lon:	34.3330 / -83.4161
End Date:	August 17, 2021
End Time:	10:31 AM EDT
End Location:	2 SW Pinefield Crossroads
End Lat/Lon:	34.4025 / -83.4696

An EF-1 tornado touched down in Banks County east of Homer along Bennett Road just west if Highway 63. The tornado uprooted and twisted off trees along a path that paralleled Bennett Road. One home was nearly crushed by a fallen oak tree. Some of the tree damage pointed to EF-1 level winds along the road where large groves of trees were twisted off. One homeowner recalled his ears popping as the tornado passed by the house, toppling trees on either side of the home. The tornado continued to the northwest across a landfill zone before emerging across Highway 51 and Damascus Road where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Continuing northwest, the tornado crossed Payne Road and snapped and uprooted dozens of trees before destroying a chicken house on the north side of Payne Road. A small trailer was toppled and thrown 30 yards to the northwest. The tornado was at its strongest intensity along Payne Road before beginning to weaken as it continued to the northwest. A tree was blown down into a home along Hawkins Road before the tornado lifted.


A chicken house was destroyed in the tornado	Another vantage point of the damage around the chicken house.


KGSP Reflectivity (10:28 AM EDT)	KGSP base velocity (10:28 AM EDT)

KGSP Correlation Coefficient (10:28 AM EDT)