Early February 2021 Storm Complex

On February 3rd, 2021, a significant tornado outbreak took shape and hold throughout the southeast with sixty-six confirmed tornadoes crossing into 7 states being northern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Lousiana, South Carolina, and especially Georgia. This outbreak had the first February EF4 tornado in almost four years, when a massive EF4 tornado raked into the city of Cordele.

Meteorological Synopsis
On February 1st, the SPC in Norman has concluded an Enhanced Risk for a tornado outbreak in the southeast, and a High Risk in Georgia--one of very few winter High Risk events ever recorded. Over the next 30 hours, storms kept forming, and pressure kept lowering over those areas, causing significant flooding to riverside residents in Louisiana, Mississippi, and some in Floridian floodplains. At least twenty-one people were killed by those floods from February 2nd to 4th within just over 56 hours {02:35 on February 2nd and 10:45 on February 4th}, with significant damage estimating up to $50 million from floods alone.

As for the tornadoes, they alarmingly hit more populated areas than a usual tornado outbreak would, hence the high damage prices from the tornadoes alone, at nearly $900 million. At least six tornadoes were very long-tracked with paths at least 30 miles long, which is somewhat rare {though obviously not unheard of} in a February tornado outbreak.

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