EF0 tornado in Cherokee County, Georgia

An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75mph touched down just to

the northwest of Waleska late Tuesday night and Early Wednesday just

after midnight at 12:09 EDT. The tornado touched down just

west of Reinhardt College Parkway where a few trees were uprooted

or snapped including Grady Street in Waleska. The tornado

continued ESE paralleling parkway snapping several trees near

houses along the hwy and several across the hwy. The tornado

continued ESE crossing the intersection of Land Road and Darby

Roads continuing to down several trees along the hwy near homes.

The last point of damage discovered was behind a home on

Reinhardt College parkway before Hobart Smith Road. While

limited, radar data suggests that this tornado evolved as a

bookend vortex as a result of a strong surge in wind just to the

southwest of the area in a rural portion of NW Cherokee County.

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.