EF1 tornado in Forsyth County, Georgia

Tornado damage was first observed on Sharp St near the

intersection with Jones St, where two large trees were uprooted.

These trees brought down power lines and led to outages in the

neighborhood. The tornado continued east-southeast, with several

more trees being uprooted along Sharp St and in the yards of

homes near Hwy 42. Snapped large branches were also observed in

the area immediately southeast of this intersection. The tornado

then moved southeast between Hwy 42 and Montpelier Ave, where it

uprooted about 10 pecan trees in an orchard and snapped about a

half-dozen trees across from the intersection of Montpelier Ave

and Rowland Ln. This damage was in line with the estimated

maximum wind speed of 95 mph and an EF1 rating. Mary Persons High

School was narrowly missed by the tornado. From here, the tornado

continued southeast, uprooting or snapping several trees on Pecan

Cir and at its intersections with Montpelier Ave and Virginia

Ave. The tornado continued through this neighborhood, uprooting

several large trees at the end of Slippery Rock Pl and another

tree on Hickory Pl. The tornado lifted in the woods between just

south of Hickory Pl, with no further damage observed.

A strong cold front and associated QLCS system moved through central Georgia in the early morning hours of the 12th. Storms within the line were able to produce a few spots of wind damage, however the main hazard ended up being the numerous short lived and brief spin-up tornados which occurred in central Georgia. The strongest tornado was an EF2 near Marshallville.