EF1 tornado in Dodge County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 105 MPH and a maximum path width of 350 yards touched down West of Hardy Road, damaging a few homes and storage buildings as it crossed Hardy Road. The damage was mostly minor roof damage. Several trees were snapped and uprooted in the area as well. The tornado moved northeast crossing Garrett Oxley road where it

destroyed a travel trailer and a small barn and lofting a metal parking cover that was never found. The van that was parked under the cover was turned sideways and left a scar in the ground about 7 feet in length from the tires dragging in the dirt. The tornado entered the northwest side of Gresston on Gresston Baptist Road where

numerous large pines were snapped and some roof damage was noted to the Baptist Church. Further northeast along Rozar-Goolsby Road, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and several homes sustained roof damage. Another church along this street also sustained roof damage. The tornado continued northeast along Wilson Woodward Road snapping and uprooting trees before ending shortly after crossing Bell Line Road. No injuries were reported. [04/05/17: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-1, Dodge, 2017:065].

Another strong short wave, the second in three days, rotated through a large and deep upper-level trough over the eastern U.S. A deep surface low and strong cold front moved through the state combining with moderate instability and strong low-level shear to produce another round of widespread severe weather across north and central Georgia, including several tornadoes.