EF2 Tornado — Crawford, Georgia

2019-03-03 · near Lee Pope, Crawford, Georgia

Event narrative

A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF0 tornado touched down along Lee Pope Road where large pine trees were uprooted. The tornado moved

east-northeast across Highway 341 to Greer Road, at which point winds increased into the EF2 range. A mobile home on Greer Road was flipped and demolished, and a vehicle was flipped and rolled, a woman inside the mobile home sustained a broken ankle. The tornado weakened then to EF1, downing trees as it crossed Walton Road, before reaching re-strengthening to EF2 briefly for a second time along Wesley Chapel Road. A home at this location had its roof completely removed and some exterior walls collapsed. A neighboring home sustained roof damage from the large amount of flying debris. The tornado again weakened to EF1 intensity as it crossed into Peach County along Mossy Creek. [03/03/19: Tornado #1, County #1/2, EF2, Crawford, Peach, 2019:006].

Wider weather episode

A powerful storm system moved across the mid-south and southeast United States producing widespread severe weather and numerous tornadoes. In middle Georgia, significant damage from fourteen separate tornadoes was observed. Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted and numerous homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Across central Georgia, incredibly, no deaths were reported, with only around a dozen minor injuries.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 805575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.