EF0 Tornado — Houston, Georgia

2025-03-31 · near Centerville, Houston, Georgia

Event narrative

The tornado began in Centerville near Watson Blvd and Margie

Dr just 4 miles south of and 2 minutes after the first tornado

started in northern Peach County. This tornado traveled

quickly northeast then east-northeast through Centerville and

into northern parts of Warner Robins for a total of 3.6 miles,

downing hundreds of trees, many of which fell on approx.

100 homes and numerous vehicles resulting in some entrapments

but, thankfully, no injuries. Maximum winds were 75 mph.

Wider weather episode

A cold-front initiated a line of thunderstorms across north and central GA through the afternoon hours of the 31st. Storms brought damaging winds along the I20 corridor and south as well as six quick spin-up tornadoes. The strongest being an EF1 between McDonough and Stockbridge crossing Hwy 75. There were also a couple reports of quarter size hail southeast of Macon.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (32.6184, -83.6937)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1252499. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.