EF1 Tornado — Haralson, Georgia

2018-03-19 · near Buchanan, Haralson, Georgia

Event narrative

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 500 yards occurred on the west side of the city of Buchanan. The tornado touched down north of the New Vision Church of God cemetery and travelled south southeast snapping and uprooting small trees. The tornado intensified and grew in size as it crossed Highway 120 west of the Highway 27 Business Route, reaching its peak in intensity and width south of the highway along Tallapoosa Street. Several large trees were uprooted with one falling on and destroying a home on Tallapoosa Street, seriously injuring two people inside the home. The tornado continued a short distance to the south southeast before dissipating quickly between Jeffers Street and Macedonia Church Road west of Highway 27 Business Route. [03/19/18: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Haralson, 2018:006].

Wider weather episode

Widespread severe thunderstorms broke out across central and north Georgia during the evening hours of March 19th, through the early morning hours of the 20th as a warm front lifted north across the region ahead of a strong storm system developing across the lower Mississippi Valley.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 740815. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.