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EF1 tornado in Grady County, Georgia

Tornado April 7, 2025 · Grady County, Georgia

EF1
Rating
4.6 mi
Whole path
200 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Grady County → Thomas County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 110 mph. The tornado initially touched down in a wooded area just west of GA-111 in Northeastern Grady County. Some initial damage to a structure and further tree damage was noted along Rich Road. The tornado continued along an intermittent path before producing more concentrated damage in the area just along and east of Akridge Road near the intersection with New Hope Road. Damage in this area included a single wide mobile home that was completely destroyed. This mobile home had straps securing it to the ground, and one of these straps along with the support frame of the mobile home was lifted out of the ground. Two other single and double wide homes in this area had some structural damage and debris impacts from trees and the adjacent destroyed mobile home. The tornado continues along New Hope Road where it destroyed a barn and continued to snap numerous pine trees in a wooded area crossing Popes Store Road. After crossing Popes Store Road, the tornado caused significant tree damage with widespread pine trees snapped and some live oaks also snapped in the area along Sammie Bulloch Road just east of Barnetts Creek. Two residences in this area were struck by the snapped large pines. The tornado began to weaken when crossing into Thomas County, with the last incident of damage occurring in an area of smaller pine trees near Maddox and Malloy Road. The parent circulation appeared to persist while crossing US-19 based on reports received, though no observed damage was seen across the remainder of Northern Thomas County between Ochlockonee and Meigs.

The wider storm

Severe storms ahead a cold front produced wind damage a few tornadoes across portions of the Florida big bend and southwest Georgia.

Began near Akridge (30.9525, -84.1645).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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