EF1 tornado in Henry County, Georgia
Tornado May 21, 2025 · Henry County, Georgia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Spalding County → Henry County → Butts County → Henry County → Butts County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado
continued east crossing Amelia Drive snapping trees before
crossing into Henry County along Collins Drive snapping and
uprooting a few trees. The storm continued ESE crossing Lester
Mill Road snapping a few trees before crossing I75 near LG
Griffin Road. Several trees were snapped along Hossannah Road
which runs along the east side of I75. The storm continued east
within a largely uninhabited area before reaching a neighborhood
along Locust Road, in the community of Locust Grove. Numerous
trees were downed along Locust Road, Grove Pointe Ct, Grove Point
Way, and Grove Point Dr, including several onto homes in that
area. The tornado briefly entered Butts county before re-entering Henry county and returning back to Butts.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Locust Grove (33.3200, -84.1490).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268482. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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