Moved NE, hitting the county prison camp SW of Valdosta. The warden's home was shifted, and barns were destroyed. A home was unroofed at the north edge of Valdosta.

Moved erractically to the ENE, along the north edge of Valdosta. A few barns and smaller buildings were destroyed.

Moved NE from 2m W of Moody Air Force Base into NW Lanier County. There was damage to homes and barns, 2m N of the base. Some homes were unroofed.

Moved E on the south side of Valdosta. The farmers' market was torn apart. A livestock sale barn, three tobacco warehouses, a tire company, and several homes were damaged.

F1 tornado skipped across U.S. Highway 84 in the Rocky Ford Road/Troupville Highway area just west of Valdosta. Two rugged steel radio towers (300 and 500 feet tall) were lifted off the ground and destroyed two miles west of Interstate 75. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped. Approximately 35 homes and businesses sustained damage in Valdosta. Several mobile homes were heavily damaged. One mobile home was blown 30 feet onto a vehicle.

A weak tornado briefly touched down and uprooted several trees. One tree was hurled into a garage. Reported by the public.

An EF0 tornado touched down near the RV park outside Lake Park. Numerous trees were snapped around the RV park with some minor structural damage observed.

An NWS Storm Survey confirmed that an EF2 tornado occurred in Lowndes county, then moved into Lanier county where it strengthened into an EF3 with maximum winds around 140 mph. The path width was estimated to be around 390 yards wide with a path length in Lowndes county of slightly over 4 miles long. In Lowndes county, the tornado likely initially developed along Cat Creek Road. Several reports were received of funnels from this location while the event was ongoing. There was a house near Cat Creek Road that had uprooted trees on the property with one or two impacting the house. Trees were generally blown down to the northeast, although a street sign was bent to the ground facing to the northwest. A few trees were also blown down along a tree line across the road. At that point, the tornado entered a more heavily forested area with no access roads. However, an aerial flyover by emergency management confirmed sporadic tree damage and a continuous damage path in that area. After the tornado cleared this forested area, the damage path began to widen and the tornado damage increased in intensity. Along Arapaho Trail, about a half mile south of Highway 122, the first instance of EF2 damage occurred as a mobile home was completely destroyed with debris blown downstream, mainly into fencing on the property. Also in this location, a shed was completely destroyed, a camper was flipped, part of the roof of a house was removed, and a silo was destroyed with the debris found resting on the opposite side of the house from where it started. Debris from locations along Arapaho Trail were found well downstream, in some cases at least one third of a mile. Along the next cross street - Peters Road - mostly EF1 damage was observed with snapped and uprooted trees and some broken windows in houses. The survey team found a tree sitting on the ground with a root ball at the end, but could not locate the hole or source of the tree within at least several hundred yards. Along Peters Road gouges were observed in the ground as some debris began to impact the ground. As the tornado crossed Bemiss Road (Highway 125) near "Walkers Crossing", the damage path began to reach its widest phase. The maximum width of the tornado was estimated to be around 390 yards or 0.22 miles based on the damage survey. Additional EF2 damage was observed on both sides of the road with wooden power poles snapped, hardwood trees snapped or uprooted, and several homes damaged. A second abandoned home was pushed six feet off the concrete foundation. Maximum winds along this part of Bemiss Road were estimated to be around 125 mph based on damage. Also near these homes, there were deep gouges in the ground, including this one that was close to 1 foot deep and 6 feet long. Large debris also continued to be found along the damage path, including strips of metal that were twisted around damaged trees. The tornado then continued east-northeast, crossing Highway 122 near Barber Road into Lanier county. The Lowndes county emergency manager estimated property damage for Lowndes county at around $250,000 with an additional $100,000 in crop damage from fallen pecan trees.

A fire department reported a brief tornado touchdown in a field about 2.7 miles SE of Kinderlou. No structural damage occurred. There was a small but visible tornadic debris signature on KVAX dual-pol radar as well. The tornado was rated EF0. 

The tornado first developed just north of Langdales Pond and Old Clyattville Road on the south side of the city of Valdosta . Some of the most severe damage was near the beginning of the track as the tornado impacted Langdale Forest Products along Old Clyattville Road. Several large metal buildings were severely damaged or destroyed and the damage to those buildings was assigned the EF2 rating that is the maximum for this tornado. Some vehicles parked near those buildings were tossed around 70 yards across the street. Two rail cars nearby were also tipped over. The remainder of the track consisted of EF0 or EF1 damage as the tornado moved east and eventually dissipated near south Patterson Street and Dampier Street. That damage in the remainder of the track was a mixture of damage to buildings, trees, and power lines. Monetary damage was estimated. This was the first tornado to directly affect the city of Valdosta since an F1 rated tornado on November 1, 1997.

The tornado initially touched down just east of the Withlacoochee River in Lowndes County and tracked toward Interstate 75. On the west side of the interstate, a few trees were snapped along Shiloh Road. Additionally, billboards along the interstate were also damaged. After crossing Interstate 75, the tornado impacted a subdivision on both the west and east side of North Coleman Road. Damage in this area was primarily limited to minor roof damage. Multiple homes had shingles removed. Additionally several large pines were snapped in the area as well. Damage in this area was consistent with lower end EF-1 damage. As the tornado approached US-41, a large barn was destroyed and several large trees were also uprooted. Several other large trees were uprooted just east of US-41 on Kilarney Circle. Damage in these areas was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with winds around 100 MPH. The tornado snapped a few more pine trees when passing Val Del Road before lifting about 1 mile east of the road. Damage cost was estimated.

This tornado was radar confirmed, touching down just west of Madison Highway in Brooks County and lifting before reaching I-75 in Lowndes County. Based on reports from emergency managers, only trees were uprooted or limbs snapped along the path of the tornado, with no structural damage reported.

The tornado initially touched down along Old Lake Park Road south of Hickory Grove Road, causing damage to trees and powerline, with minor damage noted to a manufactured home. The tornado continued northward, crossing Hickory Grove Road, and causing minor damage to a home at the intersection of Ezelle Road. An unoccupied double-wide manufactured home was destroyed on Ezelle Road, with damage supportive of an EF-2 rating. As the tornado continued north, it impacted another double-wide manufactured home along Johnson Road, destroying the home with damage also supportive of and EF-2 rating. The damage at these two locations support the maximum rating of the tornado of EF-2 with an approximate maximum wind speed of 120 mph. The tornado continued to travel north, causing sporadic damage to trees, homes and outbuildings, in the EF-0 to EF-1 range. A destroyed farm outbuilding along with roof damage to a single family home was noted along Davis Lane. A metal structure was severely damaged along US Highway 84. The tornado appears to have dissipated in a pecan orchard north of Highway 84. Additional video on social media helped determine a rough estimate on the end point. Special thanks to Lowndes County Emergency Management for assistance with this survey.

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