EF1 Tornado — Madison, Georgia

2021-08-17 · near Ila, Madison, Georgia

Event narrative

A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down in Madison County in a wooded area east of Rogers Mill Road. The tornado moved northwest crossing Coley Davis Road and Rogers Mill Road snapping and uprooting numerous trees. The tornado snapped an entire grove of pine trees in the area east of Doe Run Road and along Doe Run Road. Continuing to the northwest, the storm crossed Lake Deerfield Road, snapping and uprooting dozens of trees. Along Chandler Farm Road, several homes and barns were struck by falling trees. One home had a large tree through the master bedroom and 2 barns nearby were destroyed. The tornado then crossed Old Ila Road where it flipped a large camper onto its roof and snapped or uprooted several trees. The storm continued moving to the northwest, crossing Highway 106 snapping and uprooting trees. Further to the northwest, crossing Adams Clarke Road, Sunray Hatchery Road and Frank Bird Road, the tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. The tornado damaged several homes as it approached Highway 98 west of Ila, including one home with a portion of its roof blown off. Several

outbuildings were damaged and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado crossed Highway 98 around Jot-Em Down Road before dissipating near Mountain View Road and Allen Road. [8/17/21: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-1, Madison, 2021:020].

Wider weather episode

The remains of Tropical Storm Fred moved across central and north Georgia as a tropical depression during the overnight hours through the morning producing isolated reports of damaging winds in convective bands and several tornadoes. No reports of wind damage were received outside of the stronger convective bands. Rainfall amounts exceeded 4 inches in portions of northeast Georgia, with amounts of 6 to 8 inches observed in the northeast Georgia mountains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970163. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.