EF0 tornado in Laurens County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 240 yards touched down just off

Valambrosia Road where it downed a few trees. The tornado moved northeast crossing Clover Leaf Lane where it blew some metal trim off of a mobile home and collapsed a small metal carport. The debris was strewn in the wooded area behind the mobile home and several pine trees were uprooted at this location. As the tornado crossed Irish Lane, a number of hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northeastward, downing between 20 and 40 trees on the railroad tracks near Moore Station Road. Further northeast, trees were intermittently snapped or uprooted. The tornado lifted near Fairview Park Hospital on Industrial Boulevard where the tops were blown out of a couple of pine trees. No injuries were reported. [05/24/17: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-0, Laurens, 2017:080].

Another strong short wave and surface cold front, associated with the large and deep upper-level trough over the central U.S., swept through the region bringing more scattered severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes to north and central Georgia.