F1 Tornado — Colquitt, Georgia

2006-01-13 · near Norman Park, Colquitt, Georgia

Event narrative

A tornado touched down along Perry Batts Road near Norman Park and traveled northeast. It destroyed two chicken houses at the International Poultry Breeders, killing 5,000 chickens and condemning another 15,000. The tornado sideswiped a restaurant, but snapped off several large pines around the building. One tree fell through the roof. A small shelter on the property was destroyed. Over open fields, several metal sheds were damaged or destroyed, and irrigation pivots were overturned. Five homes were destroyed, eight received heavy damage, and seven sustained moderate damage. Many power poles were toppled. A man suffered scratches to his left arm after part of the ceiling of his mobile home collapsed on him. The tornado lifted over Lanyer Sumner Road near the Colquitt-Cook county line. Damage survey provided by a SKYWARN storm spotter.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5492610. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.