EF1 tornado in Douglas County, Georgia
Tornado May 3, 2021 · Douglas County, Georgia
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 MPH and a maximum path width of 250 yards touched down along N. Summers Circle in the Kings Point area, uprooting and snapping a few trees. The tornado intensified as it moved northeast and crossed Kings Highway, snapping and uprooting trees along Plum Crest Road, Cherry Dale Drive, Orchard Road, and Apple Valley Road. At least 10 homes had trees blown down onto them. The tornado turned east crossing Apple Way Court and Yeager Road snapping and uprooting more trees there and along Greenwood Drive and McKoy Trail before ending as it approached Dorset Shoals Road. [5/3/21: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Douglas, 2021:009].
The wider storm
A series of upper-level short waves moved across the region in persistent, southwesterly upper-level flow combined with moderate instability and shear to produce several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across north and central Georgia. Some of these storms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over the area, resulting in isolated flash flooding.
Began near Bill Arp (33.6681, -84.7821).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 962649. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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