EF0 Tornado — Monroe, Georgia

2025-05-03 · near Culloden, Monroe, Georgia

Event narrative

An EF0 Tornado with maximum winds of 75 to 80 mph touched down in

Southwestern Monroe County in the community of Culloden Saturday

evening May 3 2025 at approximately 1000 PM EDT. The tornado

formed within a strong line of thunderstorms which moved through

much of north and Central GA that Saturday Evening. The tornado

touched down just west of Culloden and moved across Lockett

street where a tree was snapped and a metal roof on an

outbuilding was damaged. The tornado continued east crossing

Norwood St where several trees where snapped and uprooted,

causing roof damage to a home and damage to a vehicle parked near

the tree. A few trees were snapped along US341 as the weak

tornado continued eastward through a mostly wooded region. A few

trees were snapped south of Hwy 74 east of Sullivan Road and

along Hwy 74 near the end of the path.

Wider weather episode

A QLCS moved through North and Central Georgia in the afternoon and evening hours of the 3rd. The line initially posed a robust wind threat with measured wind gusts of near 70 mph. As the line moved across central Georgia cells in the warm sector merged with the line initiating numerous quick spin-up tornadoes and requiring at least 10 tornado warnings. Many of the rotational signatures were shallow and only visible from the TATL radar.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1267991. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.