EF1 tornado in Bibb County, Georgia

Tornado April 6, 2025 · Bibb County, Georgia

EF1

Rating

9.2 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

The first indications of damage were along Highway 23 as the

tornado emerged from the swamp directly along the Bibb-Twiggs

County line. Tree damage could be seen along both sides of the

roadway.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved into northwest GA in the early morning hours of the 6th. Storms were weakening as instability continued to fall, however some portions of the line were able to develop stronger wind gusts. The line surged northward as the day progressed and delayed the arrival of the line for areas further south. This allowed for instability to redevelop. As the line moved into central GA, storms strengthened causing sporadic wind damage and two brief tornados (one in Columbus and one in Macon). The line of storms surged ahead of the incoming cold front and tapered off through the overnight hours. Storms then refired along the cold front (behind the initial line) during the morning hours of the 7th producing several rotations requiring tornado warnings in the southern CWA and a tornado which moved from Spalding to Henry county.

Began near Dry Branch (32.7430, -83.5840).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Muscogee County EF1 Coweta County EF0 Henry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1257563. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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