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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1239 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR 05/02/25 HALL COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/02/2025
START TIME: 06:55 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 NNW GAINESVILLE / HALL COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 34.3341 / -83.8458
END DATE: 05/02/2025
END TIME: 07:04 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 5 ESE MURRAYVILLE / HALL COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 34.3735 / -83.8416
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A ROGUE MINI-SUPERCELL PRODUCED A RELATIVELY BRIEF TORNADO OVER
THE NORTHERN PART OF LAKE LANIER, JUST SEVERAL MILES NORTH OF
GAINESVILLE, IN HALL COUNTY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS
FRIDAY, MAY 2ND. FORTUNATELY, THE TORNADO, WHICH WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR ABOUT 9 MINUTES (~2.7 MILES), TRAVELED MAINLY OVER
WATER BETWEEN COVES AND BLUFFS ALONG THE LAKE. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE
WAS TO VARIOUS TREES THAT WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.INITIAL
DAMAGE WAS NOTED OFF OF THOMPSON BRIDGE ROAD (HWY 60) NEAR
LAKEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE AT LEAST 10-15 LARGE TREES WERE
UPROOTED IN A NARROW PATH. ACROSS HWY 60, ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
DOWN ACROSS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ALONG N CLIFF COLONY DRIVE. THE
TORNADO THEN WENT OVER THE LAKE/WATER WHERE NUMEROUS EYE-WITNESS
(VIDEO) ACCOUNTS WERE STARTING TO COME IN. THE NEXT POINT OF
DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE WEST-END OF BASIN ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES
WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRAVEL
GENERALLY NORTH GOING OVER MOSTLY WATER AND AN UNINHABITED
BLUFF/ISLAND. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER THE BLUFFS ALONG
COCHRAN ROAD AND WILLOW TRACE. HERE, AT LEAST 5-7 RESIDENCES HAD
SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THANKFULLY, NO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAPPENED. IN THIS AREA, AND BACK EARLY IN THE
TORNADO'S TRACK, TREE DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH PEAK WINDS AROUND
90 MPH (AN EF1) RATING.
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.
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