Tornadoes · United States · Georgia · 2017
EF1 tornado, Sparks to Grange, Georgia, April 3, 2017
From Sparks to Grange, this EF1 tornado ran 7.5 miles across Washington and Jefferson counties on April 3, 2017, touching down at 3:00 PM EDT and reaching 300 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $75,000 of property damage.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF1
- Date
- April 3, 2017
- Touchdown
- 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Lifted
- 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- On the ground
- 10 minutes
- Path length
- 7.5 miles (12.1 km)
- Path width
- 300 yards (274 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Counties
- Washington and Jefferson counties
- Touchdown point
- 33.045, -82.664
- Lift-off point
- 33.066, -82.537
- Record number
- 1704031300-01
The damage survey
1 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS FFC, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 75 mph.
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
A strong short wave and associated surface low swept through the southern and eastern U.S. and combined with moderate instability and strong shear resulted in widespread severe weather, including numerous tornadoes, across north and central Georgia from late morning through the afternoon.
A National Weather Service survey team found that a very short-lived tornado developed approximately five miles northeast of Sandersville. Damage was found|along a path from Mayview Road to Kittrell Creek Road where several smaller trees were uprooted and snapped. No injuries were reported. This thunderstorm spawned another tornado, several miles east, near the Washington and Jefferson county line. [04/03/17: Tornado # 26, County #1/1, EF-0, Washington, 2017:058].
A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards occurred between Edgehill and Davisboro across the Washington and Jefferson county line. The tornado touched down around the intersection of South Sparta Davisboro Road and Jordan Mill Pond Road where damage occurred to the metal roof of a large barn and another barn was demolished along with numerous snapped and uprooted trees. As the tornado moved east it weakened to an EF0 after crossing Tree Nursery Road and moving into Jefferson County. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #27, County #1/2, EF-1, Washington, Jefferson, 2017:059].
A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado in Washington County moved east into Jefferson County as an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 200 yards. The tornado crossed Highway 88 and Hardeman Road where it caused minor damage to a roof of a home and minor damage to a shed. The tornado continued uprooting several trees before lifting just east of Highway 171. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #27, County #2/2, EF-0, Washington, Jefferson, 2017:059].
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Enhanced Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 16:21 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 3, 2:20 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:20 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 220 PM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017 .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 1100 AM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017/ PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 347 AM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017/ SHORT TERM /Today through Tuesday/... The potential for severe thunderstorms across portions of the CWFA remains high today. A warm front across the Florida panhandle will begin to shift northward this morning across the southern portion of the CWFA. Meanwhile, an area of surface low pressure will move out of the Lower Mississippi River Valley into the Carolinas. In the mid levels, negatively tilted trough with strong energy in its base will move through the southeast states through this evening. The ingredients for severe weather are still present today. However, not entirely too confident on what effect the advancing rain shield across central AL will have on the development of thunderstorms today across far north GA. The HRRR looks to have initialized this area of widespread showers, with a few strong thunderstorms, very well this morning as opposed to the locally run wrf/arw. Have noticed over the last few hours, the eastward advancement of this rain shield has slowed a bit, and the HRRR does keep most of this elevated convection out of the CWFA through 11Z-12Z. In addition, over the past few hi-res model runs, the northern edge of the line seems to have weakened a bit. This seems reasonable, especially if the elevated precip begins to spread eastward this morning after 12Z across northern GA (north of the metro). Even if the northern portion of the line weakens a bit, strong/isolated severe storms will still be possible (far north). However, areas south should experience a bit more surface instability with the potential for more heating...under a bit less cloud cover. Convection will have access to good CAPE with values around 2000 J/KG. Upper/mid level jet dynamics will also come into play, along with steep lapse rates. The HRRR and our locally run hi- res models have also been very consistent in the last few runs with developing discrete convection out ahead of the main system during the late morning/afternoon in vicinity of the warm front. In fact, models are progging somewhat steeper lapse rates in the warm sector, so in addition to the wind threat, large hail will also be a factor. Wrapping this all up...the potential for severe storms across the CWFA remains high today. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary severe weather mode. However, large hail cannot be ruled out, especially in any discrete cells that pop up ahead of the main system. Isolated tornadoes will also be possible. With high atmospheric moisture content, convection will be efficient rainfall producers. Locally heavy rainfall will be likely. Models do indicate that convection will continue to be possible after the main system moves through, just on a smaller scale. This makes sense as the 500mb trough axis/shortwave energy may help fire some scattered shra/iso tsra. Have lingered some chance/slight chance pops into the overnight hours. Yay for Tuesday! Conditions will be dry, with temperatures still running above normal for this time of year. NListemaa LONG TERM /Tuesday Night through Sunday/... Another round of wet and stormy weather is in the cards Wednesday into Wednesday night. This due to a strong cold front forecast to move across the area Wednesday night and associated with a sharp upper level trough moving across the mid U.S. The airmass becomes unstable quickly on Wednesday ahead of the front as warm moist air moves over the area. Low level wind shear increases as well in the 30-45 kt range. This will lead to an Enhanced risk of severe storms. Storm potential will end quickly Wednesday night with the cold front passing. The only concern then will be shower chances from wrap-around moisture in the upper level trough Thursday into Friday. Temperatures could get cold enough for a rain/snow shower mix for the higher elevations of the mountains late Thursday night/early Friday. Saturday and Sunday will be dry as high pressure moves across the area. Temperatures are expected to be above normal until the cold front moves through Wednesday night then temperatures will cool off to below normal until about Sunday. Friday and Saturday mornings will be the coolest with lows in the 30s and 40s. BDL && .AVIATION... 18Z Update... The main line of thunderstorms has moved east of the TAF sites so things should slowly improve through tonight. Still seeing showers across the state with some isolated thunderstorms but they will also move east through this evening. Showers expected to end in the ATL/CSG areas around 22z-00z this evening...and ending in the AHN/MCN areas by 00z-02z. Winds are turning to the NW but expecting them to turn back to the SW by 20-22z. Still seeing some gust in the 20-25kt range but they should subside to 10kt or less by 00z. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Confidence medium to high on all elements 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 75 59 82 57 / 90 40 0 10 Atlanta 75 59 81 60 / 90 40 0 30 Blairsville 67 53 75 51 / 100 40 5 10 Cartersville 72 57 80 57 / 100 40 0 20 Columbus 77 60 83 62 / 90 40 5 30 Gainesville 71 57 79 57 / 90 40 0 10 Macon 81 60 84 59 / 80 50 5 20 Rome 73 56 80 56 / 100 40 0 20 Peachtree City 76 57 82 57 / 90 40 0 30 Vidalia 83 64 85 64 / 80 60 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 5 PM EDT this afternoon for the following zones: Baldwin...Barrow...Bibb...Bleckley...Butts... Chattahoochee...Clarke...Crawford...Crisp...Dodge...Dooly... Emanuel...Glascock...Greene...Hancock...Henry...Houston... Jackson...Jasper...Jefferson...Johnson...Jones...Lamar... Laurens...Macon...Madison...Marion...Monroe...Montgomery... Morgan...Newton...Oconee...Oglethorpe...Peach...Pike...Pulaski... Putnam...Schley...Spalding...Stewart...Sumter...Talbot... Taliaferro...Taylor...Telfair...Toombs...Treutlen...Twiggs... Upson...Walton...Warren...Washington...Webster...Wheeler... Wilcox...Wilkes...Wilkinson. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....41 AVIATION...01
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:45 AM EDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 445 AM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041000- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 445 AM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered to numerous strong to severe thunderstorms are expected over north and central Georgia...starting late morning into the evening hours. Damaging winds, Large Hail, a Few Tornadoes and Frequent Lightning will be the main Hazards. Heavy rain can also be expected with Flooding possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... There is an Enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday into Wednesday night. Damaging winds, Large Hail, a Few Tornadoes and Frequent Lightning will be the main Hazards. Heavy rain can also be expected with Flooding possible. Rather strong and gusty winds can be expected on Thursday. Otherwise, no hazardous weather is expected at this time on Tuesday and Friday through Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested for mid to late morning today.
In the hours before
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</html>The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), 12:00Z
7.0 hours before the tornado, 180 km from the path. April 3, 2017.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -350 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.6 K/km
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), 00:00Z
5.0 hours after it, 180 km from the path. April 4, 2017.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78098 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.7 K/km
The surface observations
Sandersville (OKZ), 24 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 18:57 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
This ground now
The live radar over the trackEvery 2017 tornado in GeorgiaEvery tornado in Georgia since 1950Warnings in force in Georgia nowThe forecast where you are
The other tornadoes of April 3, 2017
39 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 | 4:02 AM CDT | EF1 | Saint Tammany Parish, LA | 2.5 | 75 | |||
| April 3 | 4:12 AM CDT | EF1 | Saint Tammany Parish, LA | 7.3 | 100 | |||
| April 3 | 8:54 AM CDT | EF0 | Crenshaw, AL | 0.1 | 25 | $2,000 | ||
| April 3 | 10:58 AM EDT | EF1 | Carroll, GA | 2.4 | 300 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 11:28 AM EDT | EF1 | Fulton, GA | 4.1 | 150 | $100,000 | ||
| April 3 | 11:42 AM EDT | EF1 | Muscogee, GA | 3.3 | 175 | $100,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:10 PM EDT | EF0 | Stewart, GA | 1.6 | 150 | $100,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:16 PM EDT | EF0 | Stewart, GA | 1.4 | 100 | $20,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:17 PM EDT | EF1 | Lumpkin, GA | 4.6 | 350 | $75,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:18 PM EDT | EF0 | Talbot, GA | 2.2 | 75 | $25,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:26 PM EDT | EF1 | Talbot, GA | 3.6 | 200 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:29 PM EDT | EF0 | Webster, GA | 3.9 | 150 | $15,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:35 PM EDT | EF0 | Spalding, GA | 0.6 | 150 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:36 PM EDT | EF0 | Upson, GA | 1.7 | 75 | $30,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:44 PM EDT | EF1 | Upson, GA | 6.7 | 150 | $20,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:46 PM EDT | EF1 | Schley, GA | 5.5 | 200 | $500,000 | ||
| April 3 | 12:52 PM EDT | EF0 | Henry, GA | 1.8 | 250 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 1:06 PM EDT | EF1 | Monroe, GA | 8.1 | 300 | $300,000 | ||
| April 3 | 1:30 PM EDT | EF1 | Peach, GA | 9.2 | 600 | $175,000 | ||
| April 3 | 1:40 PM EDT | EF0 | Jones, GA | 2.9 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 1:51 PM EDT | EF0 | Pickens, SC | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| April 3 | 1:56 PM EDT | EF1 | Twiggs, GA | 5.8 | 440 | $30,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:03 PM EDT | EF2 | Wilkinson, GA | 3.3 | 200 | $100,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:06 PM EDT | EF1 | Twiggs, GA | 7.9 | 350 | $170,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:10 PM EDT | EF0 | Worth, GA | 0.0 | 10 | |||
| April 3 | 2:13 PM EDT | EF0 | Greenville, SC | 2.8 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:16 PM EDT | EF0 | Wilkinson, GA | 4.1 | 90 | $25,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:21 PM EDT | EF0 | Hancock, GA | 3.3 | 200 | $20,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:26 PM EDT | EF0 | Wilkinson, GA | 6.6 | 150 | $30,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:28 PM EDT | EF0 | Wilkinson, GA | 0.2 | 100 | $30,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:36 PM EDT | EF1 | Washington, GA | 5.7 | 250 | $30,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:49 PM EDT | EF0 | Laurens, SC | 0.7 | 75 | $20,000 | ||
| April 3 | 2:56 PM EDT | EF0 | Washington, GA | 0.4 | 150 | $10,000 | ||
| April 3 | 3:21 PM EDT | EF1 | Union, SC | 0.7 | 150 | 1 | $50,000 | |
| April 3 | 3:30 PM EDT | EF0 | Union, SC | 0.0 | 50 | |||
| April 3 | 4:08 PM EDT | EF0 | Aiken, SC | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| April 3 | 4:14 PM EDT | EF1 | Aiken, SC | 0.9 | 100 | |||
| April 3 | 4:43 PM EDT | EF0 | Hampton, SC | 0.3 | 240 | |||
| April 3 | 5:11 PM EDT | EF2 | Calhoun, SC | 6.7 | 600 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.