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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
218 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/03/2025 TORNADO EVENT TALBOT COUNTY
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 SIGNIFICANT 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.
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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