EF0 Tornado — Spalding, Georgia

2025-05-21 · near Towalaga, Spalding, Georgia

Event narrative

An EF1 tornado touched down in extreme northeastern Spalding

county along Old McDonough road near Johnson Road early Wednesday

morning around 339 AM EDT May 21 2025. The tornado knocked over

a few trees on the west side of Hwy 155 before crossing the hwy

and ripping off the roof to a large barn. Two people were asleep

in a camping trailer near the barn when the tornado hit. They

claimed the camper lifted off the ground and slammed down

breaking the jacks supporting the front end of the camper.

Additionally roof material from the nearby barn slammed into the

camper and was spread eastward into a field area. The tornado

continued east crossing Amelia Drive snapping trees before

crossing into Henry County.

Wider weather episode

A loosely organized line of thunderstorms and supercells moved into northwest Georgia during the late evening hours of the 20th. Strong outflow interactions required numerous tornado warnings with multiple reports of winds over 60mph. Storms weakened slightly as they moved through the metro Atlanta, however a couple strong cells redeveloped in the early morning hours of the 21st southeast of the metro. These cells produced large hail, damaging winds, and even a brief tornado.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (33.3288, -84.1823)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268481. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.