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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1154 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
ADDED TORNADO TRACKS IN MONROE AND NEWTON COUNTIES
OVERVIEW
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
SATURDAY EVENING MAY 3, 2025. WITHIN SEVERAL PORTIONS OF THE LINE A FEW BOWING
SEGMENTS EVOLVED WHICH CAUSED A FEW BRIEF QLCS TORNADOES TO FORM AS THE LINE
MOVED EASTWARD ACORSS THE AREA.
.NEWTON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.94 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/03/2025
START TIME: 09:02 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 W OAK HILL / NEWTON COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.539 / -84.0317
END DATE: 05/03/2025
END TIME: 09:05 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 ENE OAK HILL / NEWTON COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.543 / -83.9985
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 75 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN
WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY SATURDAY EVENING MAY 3, 2025 AT
APPROXIMATELY 9:02PM EDT. THE TORNADO FORMED WITHIN A STRONG
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GA THAT SATURDAY EVENING. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
INSIDE THE ROCKDALE/NEWTON COUNTY LINE ALONG BUCKINGHAM DRIVE
WHERE A COUPLE TREES WERE DOWNED AND SIGNIFICANT LEAF DEBRIS WAS
NOTED. THE STORM CONTINUED EAST DOWNING A FEW TREES ALONG HWY
20 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OAK HILL ROAD. THE TORNADO SNAPPED
2 TREES ALONG HWY 212 AS IT CONTINUED EAST AND WEAKENING. THE
TORNADO LIFTED IN THE AREA NEAR TARA WAY AND OAKHILL ROAD.
.MONROE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/03/2025
START TIME: 10:00 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 WNW CULLODEN / MONROE COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.8689 / -84.1049
END DATE: 05/03/2025
END TIME: 10:04 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE CULLODEN / MONROE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.8745 / -84.0629
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY OF CULLODEN SATURDAY
EVENING MAY 3, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM EDT. THE TORNADO
FORMED WITHIN A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH
MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GA THAT SATURDAY EVENING. THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF CULLODEN AND MOVED ACROSS LOCKETT
STREET WHERE A TREE WAS SNAPPED AND A METAL ROOF ON AN
OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CROSSING
NORWOOD ST WHERE SEVERAL TREES WHERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED,
CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE PARKED NEAR
THE TREE. A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG US341 AS THE WEAK
TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD THROUGH A MOSTLY WOODED REGION. A FEW
TREES WERE SNAPPED SOUTH OF HWY 74 EAST OF SULLIVAN ROAD AND
ALONG HWY 74 NEAR THE END OF THE PATH.
TALBOT COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.83 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/03/2025
START TIME: 09:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE SHILOH / TALBOT COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.7767 / -84.6532
END DATE: 05/03/2025
END TIME: 09:24 PM EDT
END LOCATION: WOODLAND / TALBOT COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.7845 / -84.5545
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN
NORTHWEST TALBOT COUNTY ON MAY 3, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY
9:14 PM EDT. THE TORNADO SPUN UP WITHIN A SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORM
AS IT WAS TRANSITIONING INTO A BOWING LINE SEGMENT. SURROUNDING
WEATHER STATIONS AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS SUGGEST THAT THE STORM
MAY HAVE INGESTED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS TO THE NORTH
WHILE THE TORNADO WAS FORMING. THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED IN
A WOODED AREA EAST OF MOUNTAIN RD AND BETWEEN HWY 116 AND RUSH
CREEK. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE TORNADO MOVED INTO A MORE OPEN
AREA WHERE IT DOWNED MULTIPLE LARGE OAK TREES, AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO
A WINDOW AND CHIMNEY ON A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. TREE AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE WAS SUFFICIENT IN THIS AREA TO WARRANT A EF1 RATING WITH
ESTIMATED WINDS NEAR 90 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED EAST AND
APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED DOWN TO AN EF0 AS IT PASSED THROUGH A
LARGELY WOODED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF JUDGE DAVID TURNER
RESERVOIR. RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT THE CIRCULATION LIKELY
CONTINUED AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST OF THE RESERVOIR TOWARDS THE
TOWN OF WOODLAND, GA. MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG HAWKINS
RD, INDICATING THAT THE CIRCULATION WAS LIKELY STILL IN CONTACT
WITH THE GROUND AS IT APPROACHED THE CITY AT APPROXIMATELY
9:22 PM EDT. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED EASTWARD THROUGH WOODLAND,
INTENSIFYING BACK TO AN EF1 AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
TREES AND HOMES BETWEEN 5TH ST AND 6TH ST. NUMEROUS SNAPPED AND
TOPPED OAKS AND PINES WERE NOTED IN THIS AREA, ALONG WITH DAMAGE
TO APPROXIMATELY 10 RESIDENCES. THE MOST SI.CLAYTON COUNTY SURVEY...GNIFICANT EF1 DAMAGE
WAS NOTED ALONG 7TH AVE, WHERE PORCH ROOFS ON SEVERAL HOMES WERE
REMOVED. THIS ALSO APPEARS TO BE WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED ITS
MAXIMUM INTENSITY WITH WINDS NEAR 95 MPH. THANKFULLY NO
SIGNIFICANT INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THE CITY. UPON EXITING
WOODLAND TOWARD THE NORTHEAST, THE TORNADO WEAKENED RAPIDLY THEN
LIFTED SOMEWHERE IN A WOODED AREA JUST EAST OF THE SEABOARD COAST
RAILROAD LINE AT AROUND 9:24 PM EDT.
CLAYTON COUNTY SURVEY
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN CLAYTON COUNTY IN THE CITY OF MORROW WHERE
A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED AND A BRIEF TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE
APPEARED IN THE RADAR DATA. THE SURVEY TURNED UP NEGATIVE WITH ANY DAMAGE
IN THE AREA OTHER THAN NOTING SMALL LIMBS AND LEAF DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
AS A RESULT, WE CANNOT CONFIRM A TORNADO OCCURRED IN CLAYTON COUNTY AND CAN ONLY
ASSUME THAT THE DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED ON RADAR WAS LEAVES AND SMALL BRANCHES,
AS IS COMMON IN STORMS WHICH OCCUR CLOSER TO THE RADAR SITE.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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