EF0 tornado in Coweta County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 73 mph and a maximum path width of 65 yards travelled 1 mile across the north side of Newnan. The tornado touched down near The Village Center along Highway 29 and moved north causing extensive tree damage before ending in a residential area along Howard Hughes Road. The most extensive damage occurred in the residential area along Howard Hughes Road where some softwood trees were fully uprooted. No injuries were reported. [10/10/20: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-0, Coweta, 2020:030].

During the afternoon and evening of October 10th, as the remnants of Hurricane Delta passed northwest of Georgia, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico spread across the area. Several weak tornadoes occurred in north and central Georgia in addition to pockets of heavy rainfall and flooding across the Atlanta metropolitan area and portions of northeast Georgia.