EF0 Tornado — Gordon, Georgia
2025-05-20 · near Blackwood, Gordon, Georgia
Event narrative
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.
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.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268488. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.