April 27- 28th 2011 Tornado - Troup County (southeast of LaGrange) EF2

Troup County (southeast of LaGrange) EF2 Tornado

A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF2 tornado with winds of 120 MPH developed 5 miles south of LaGrange around 1120 PM EDT Wednesday night. The tornado tracked for 7 miles before lifting around 6 miles east southeast of LaGrange at 1130 PM EDT. The path length was 7 miles and the width was up to one quarter mile. Around 15 homes were destroyed and around 50 homes sustained heavy to minor damage along its path. Thousands of trees were snapped and uprooted with many powerlines down. The most significant damage occurred near Highway 219 and Murphy Road about 2 miles south of the city limits of LaGrange. About 12 homes were destroyed in this area. One home was picked up and thrown 50 feet and its sunroom was thrown 300 yards. A well built log cabin on a hill top was blown off its foundation in the oppostie direction of the tornado's movement and destroyed. There were at least 5 injuries in this area as well.

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Chicken houses destroyed on Mountain Home Road (troup/Floyd County line)	The bedroom of this house was picked up and rotated. People were in the bedroom and were safe. (Troup County)	Damage to home (Troup County)

Reflectivity	Storm Relative Motion