An EF-0 tornado passed through southern Glynn County on Wednesday morning as Hurricane Idalia was passing through Southeast Georgia.
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The Enhanced Fujita Scale, or EF Scale, is used to assign a tornado a rating based on estimated wind speeds and related damage. Tornadoes that are rated EF-0 have 3 Second Gusts that have winds of 65-85 mph. The tornado lasted from 7:30 a.m. to 7:39 a.m. It began just south of U.S. 17 and crossed the highway around Fancy Bluff Road in Brunswick.NWS said it then crossed Emanuel Church Road, downed tree limbs and then moved west-northwest toward Georgetown and Bladen.Large tree branches were taken down and NWS said the tree damage shows evidence of an EF-0 tornado with winds near 70 mph.
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