April 27th and 28th 2011 Tornado Outbreak - Dade / Walker County EF3

Dade and Walker County EF3

A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF3 tornado with winds of 150 MPH occurred in Dade and Walker Counties. The tornado moved across the state line into Dade County around 5 miles southwest of Trenton at approximately 535 PM EDT, and lifted just west of Fort Oglethorpe in Walker County around 557 PM EDT. The path length was 18 miles with a width of six tenths of a mile. Note that this path length ONLY includes the area in Georgia (the tornado tracked into Georgia from Alabama). Homes were destroyed, 18 with major damage and tens of thousands of trees were downed. There were 2 fatalities and 12 injuries with this storm.

Dade County Tornado Path

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Remnants of home swept off a ridge overlooking Trenton, GA	Destroyed homes at Georgia/Alabama line near County Road 201.	Several damaged/destroyed homes and a bank building (upper right) in Trenton, GA.

Reflectivity	Storm Relative Motion