EF1 tornado in Bibb County, Georgia

A tornado spawned just west of Hwy 74 or Mercer University Drive near Windy Hill

Drive where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued east crossing Mercer University drive snapping trees and entering a neighborhood where numerous home sustained damage along McCleary Lane and Lochewolde Dr. The most severe damage to homes included broken windows, garage doors being blown in, portions of the roof removed, and entire sections of shingles removed which is consistent with EF1 damage. The tornado continued east crossing Tucker road snapping and uprooting trees. One of the more interesting damage indicators was a large electrical transmission pole which was knocked over and bent across Tucker Road. This would normally have yielded a higher rating, however, upon inspection, a very large tree had fallen into the pole and initiated its collapse. It is also likely that debris had struck the pole given the large number of trees downed nearby. The tornado crossed I-475 and into a largely wooded area before crossing North Mumford road snapping and

uprooting trees. The tornado reached peak intensity of EF1 with max winds of 100mph between Mercer University Road and I-475. The tornado continued ENE toward Wolf Creek before lifting as it approached The Highlands community.

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.