EF1 Tornado — Spalding, Georgia

2025-04-07 · near Digbey, Spalding, Georgia

Event narrative

Further

northeast along New Salem Road several trees were snapped and

uprooted including one onto a home. The tornado continued ENE

along Vaughn School Road downing trees and powerlines and

eventually reaching hwy 92 and Vineyard Road and Steele Road.

Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted particularly in the area

around Steele road region between Steele and Vineyard road, and

it was in this area where the tornado reached EF1 intensity with

estimated max winds of 90 mph. Not long after reaching max

intensity, radar data and ground survey both conclude that the

tornado began to occlude and weaken as a new tornadic circulation

began to form approximately 1.5 miles north. Tree damage was

noted along Caldwell Road eastward to Patterson road where this

tornado weakened and lifted. At the same time this tornado

weakened along Patterson Road south of Manley road, approximately

7:38 AM EDT, a new tornado was developing along Patterson road

1.5 miles north.

Wider weather episode

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (33.2670, -84.4310)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1258758. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.