EF0 Tornado — Spalding, Georgia

2025-04-07 · near Sunny Side, Spalding, Georgia

Event narrative

An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 mph touched down in

northern Spalding County along Patterson road around 7:38 AM EDT

on April 7, 2025. The tornado snapped a few trees along

Patterson Road eastward along Mobley Road. The storm crossed Hwy

19 with no damage noted, however, just east of hwy 19 along Ga

Hwy 3 there were numerous trees downed including one onto a home

along Carolyn Dr. The tornado continued east in a mostly

inaccessible and wooded region east of North Pomona Road before

crossing Teamon Road where several trees were snapped on both

sides. The tornado weakened in the Meeks St. area at around

7:44 AM. This tornado was part of the same storm which spawned a

tornado in western Spalding county 15 minutes prior and up to

this one beginning.

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1258761. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.