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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
359 AM EDT Wed Mar 20 2024

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
326 AM EDT Wed Mar 20 2024

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/09/24 TORNADO EVENT IN NORTHWEST
CLINCH AND NORTHWEST WARE COUNTIES (GA)...

.MAR 9...

RATING:                 EF 1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.64 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   150 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             03/09/2024
START TIME:             12:09 PM EST
START LOCATION:         3 E COGDELL / CLINCH COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON:          31.1551 / -82.6736

END DATE:               03/09/2024
END TIME:               12:19 PM EST
END LOCATION:           5 NNW MANOR / WARE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON:            31.1842 / -82.5846

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN Inaccessible MARSHY TIMBERLAND IN
NORTHEASTERN CLINCH COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF THE COGDELL COMMUNITY,
UPROOTING AND SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES AS IT MOVED PARALLEL TO AND
JUST SOUTH OF CAMP BRANCH ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO WARE
COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE NOTED AS IT CROSSED OLD MANOR
MILLWOOD ROAD JUST EAST OF THE COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WEAKENED AS
IT CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST WITH ONLY LIGHT TIMBER DAMAGE WHERE IT
CROSS WINDMILL ROAD. THE TORNADO RE-INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED
MANOR MILLWOOD ROAD SOUTH (CR-472) AND PRODUCED THE ONLY
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. A METAL OUTBUILDING HAD HALF ITS
TIN ROOF REMOVED, WITH SOME OF IT TOSSED NEARLY 300 YARDS
DOWNWIND.THE ADJACENT HOME SUFFERED SLIGHT ROOF DAMAGE, WHILE
SEVERAL TREES ON THE PROPERTY WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. CONTINUING
EAST JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 122, THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN A
FINAL TIME. IT CROSSED FARMS EDGE ROAD, PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE
DAMAGE ALONG AND NEAR THE ROADWAY, BEFORE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. A
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ONE OUR GEORGIA MEDIA BROADCAST PARTNERS FOR
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS NARRATIVE.

&&

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.

$$