EF1 tornado in Harris County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph and a maximum path width of 900 yards occurred in Harris County. The tornado touched down just west of the intersection of Hopewell Church Road and Hamilton Pleasant Grove Road. The tornado traveled east northeast along Hopewell Church Road and then Highway 18 where it intensified, downing hundreds of trees, several falling on homes. As the tornado approached the city of Pine Mountain it reached its maximum intensity of 100 mph and moved across the south side of the city. A large tree fell onto an apartment on S. King Avenue destroying one of the rooms on the second floor. The tornado weakened as it continued east before lifting just west of the intersection of Davis Lake Road and Cold Springs Road. No injuries were reported. [03/03/19: Tornado #9, County #1/1, EF1, Harris, 2019:014].

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.