Event narrative (NOAA)
A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Cherokee County Emergency Management Director confirmed that the EF3 tornado that touched down in northern Bartow county, five miles northeast of Kingston and continued across extreme northwest Cherokee county, also continued into western Pickens county before lifting. The tornado tracked northeast across Pickens county, entering the county almost five miles west-southwest of Talmadge and lifting approximately two miles east of Hinton or seven miles west of Jasper. Within in Pickens county extensive damage was observed along Henderson Mountain Road and Bryant Road where several mobile homes were completely destroyed. There was at least one injury observed, but no fatalities in Pi
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.