EF1 tornado in Fulton County, Georgia

A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 110 MPH and a maximum path width of 400 yards touched down over an industrial area in southwest Fulton County along Fannie Road, just east of the Chattahoochee River. The tornado moved northeast to the area along Westgate Parkway SW and Tradewater Parkway SW, near Fulton Industrial Boulevard SW. In this area, several large warehouses had portions of their roof coverings pulled off. One building had a small part of the northwest facing metal wall blown down. At another warehouse, constructed primarily of brick and sheet metal, the southwest facing wall collapsed with a large portion of its roof ripped off. The tornado crossed Fulton Industrial Boulevard SW near Tradewater Parkway SW and Riverside Road SW, with roof and siding damage to three large warehouses. The tornado continued northeast, moving into more residential areas on either side of Camp Creek Parkway SW. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along Plummer Road SW and Reynolds Road SW. Along Boat Rock

Road SW near Binford Place SW, numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted and several houses had trees fall on them. Continuing northeast toward New Hope Road SW, the tornado snapped or uprooted more trees within the Guilford Forest Estates neighborhood and several homes sustained roof and siding damage, again mainly due to falling trees. The tornado weakened as it approached Cascade Road SW and New Hope Road SW, ending north of Cascade Road SW near Burton Trace. [5/3/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-1, Fulton, 2021:010].

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.