EF0 tornado in Gordon County, Georgia

An EF0 tornado touched down late Tuesday evening at 1142 PM EDT

in Gordon County to the southeast of Calhoun Along Plainview Road

SE where several large trees where uprooted including one onto a

home. The tornado continued to the Northeast crossing Blalock Rd

remaining south of Erwin Hill Road before crossing Shope Lake

Road and Cornelison Road where several trees were snapped and

uprooted. Further to the east along Cornelison Road, roofing

from a section of a chicken house was torn off. The tornado

continued northeast and impacting a neighborhood along Windy

Hills Lane and Windy Hill Dr where numerous trees were snapped or

uprooted, including several onto homes. A roof and siding was

removed from a manufactured home, a pontoon boat was flipped, and

2 small sheds were destroyed. The tornado crossed Folsom Road

SE and and lifted before reaching Yarborough Mill Road. It

should be noted that the Hytop radar was down during this time

and the Peachtree City radar had the best view of the storm.

Radar data suggests the presence of a larger mesocyclone with

storm which originated as a supercell storm in AL evolving into a

hybrid supercell/QLCS storm into GA. This particular tornado

appears to be 1 of 2 which likely occurred in this area as part

of this larger mesocyclone and can be discerned in both the data

on the ground and from the KFFC radar. This tornado was best

aligned with the strongest portion of the mesocyclone.

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.