Dade County Tornado - April 3, 2015

April 3, 2015 Dade County Tornado

A cold front moved into northwest Georgia Friday night (April 3, 2015) and brought with it a line of showers and thunderstorms. The storms were expected to be strong enough to produce damaging wind and hail and thus a Severe Thunderstorm Watch was in effect for parts of north Georgia Friday night.

During this event, three Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and one Tornado Warning were issued.

Dade County:

The tornado moved across Dade County on April 3, 2015. It uprooted one tree and multiple large tree limbs came down. The tornado touched down just west of I-59, moved across the interstate and ended just east of the interstate.The total path length was approximately 560 ft.

County	Rating	# of Injuries
Dade	EF-1	0

Rating:	EF-1
Peak Wind:	90 MPH
Path Length:	.11 MILES
Path Width:	30 YARDS
Fatalities:	0
Injuries:	0
Start Date:	April 3, 2015
Start Time:	10:10 PM EDT
Start Location:	2 S of Rising Fawn
Start Lat/Lon:	34.7332/-85.5388
End Date:	April 3, 2015
End Time:	10:11 PM EDT
End Location:	2 S of Rising Fawn
End Lat/Lon:	34.7328/-85.5370

Weak Radar Signature of the Dade County Tornado
Reflectivity (Upper Left), Velocity (Upper Right), ZDR (Lower Left) and Correlation Coefficient (Lower Right)