Seven tornados touched down in Georgia, National Weather Service confirms


              Lightning runs through cloud over Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, April 5, 2017, as a thunderstorm moves through southern Montgomery County. A powerful tornado toppled trees and downed power lines in rural Georgia and similar scenes played out in spots around Alabama and South Carolina amid drenching rain, high winds and scattered hail - some as big as baseballs. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Lightning runs through cloud over Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, April 5, 2017, as a thunderstorm moves through southern Montgomery County. A powerful tornado toppled trees and downed power lines in rural Georgia and similar scenes played out in spots around Alabama and South Carolina amid drenching rain, high winds and scattered hail - some as big as baseballs. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

The National Weather Service confirmed seven tornadoes touched down in Georgia during Wednesday's storms, including five in North Georgia.

David Nadler, warning coordination meteorologist, said they were mostly smaller tornadoes but still needed to be counted.

In Whitfield County, just north of Dalton, Ga., an EF-1 tornado touched down at about 9:45 a.m., uprooting several trees between 3rd Street and West Hill View Drive before it continued northeast along the south end of Lynn Drive, snapping and uprooting several trees in a 200-yard wide path, according to a statement by the NWS. Several other trees were snapped near Creekwood Lane Northeast before the tornado lifted.

Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be around 90 mph, and an RV camper was moved about 20 yards from its original location, according to the statement.

Two other tornadoes touched down in Gordon County, not far from Resaca, Ga. The tornadoes were both produced by the same storm and categorized as EF-0, with maximum wind speeds at 75 mph, according to the statement. The first tornado snapped and uprooted several large trees in a 70-yard wide path, while the second one, which touched down just minutes later, caused roof damage to a house and a small barn, as well as snapping and uprooting several trees in a 90-yard wide path before it lifted.

Other tornadoes reported in the statement include two in Gilmer and Fannin counties, as well as two in South Georgia counties, Laurens and Toombs. All were categorized as EF-0, except for the one in Toombs County, which was an EF-1. Maximum wind speeds ranged between 70-95 mph.

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