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Storm reports for January 30, 2013

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 335 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 14 states on January 30, 2013.

in 14 states
343
Storm reports
About 21 miles from Atlanta, GA
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 35 miles from Roanoke, VA
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 50 miles from Atlanta, GA
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on January 30, 2013 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

A tornado touched down just southwest of Adairsville, Georgia, at about 11:12 AM EST on January 30 and strengthened to high-end EF3 in town.1 In Bartow County, at least 95 structures were damaged, 31 of them destroyed, and most of the damage to homes came from trees falling on them in downtown Adairsville.1 The worst damage was along Highway 140, and more than 100 cars were overturned near exit 306 on Interstate 75.1 One person died when a tree fell on a mobile home, and nine people were injured in the county.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $60 million in property damage in Bartow County.1 The tornado continued into Gordon County, where 30 homes were destroyed, 110 had major damage and 70 had minor damage.2 Eight people were hurt there, and NOAA lists $15 million in property damage in Gordon County.2

Shortly after noon, an EF1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph moved from Gilmer County into Fannin County, Georgia, where 30 structures were damaged, mostly by falling trees.3,4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 428260, tornado, Bartow County, Georgia
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 428261, tornado, Gordon County, Georgia
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 428268, tornado, Gilmer County, Georgia
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 428269, tornado, Fannin County, Georgia

Reports by hour

Hail3, most at 5 PM

Wind335, most at 6 AM

Tornado5, most at 5 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:01 AMEF1About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL6.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:12 AMEF3About 50 miles from Atlanta, GA21.78 mi long, 900 yd wide
11:05 AMEF1About 50 miles from Chattanooga, TN11.77 mi long, 900 yd wide
5:09 PMEF0About 60 miles from Tallahassee, FL1.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:12 PMEF0Near 31.64, -84.16, GA1.51 mi long, 25 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Georgia852794
South Carolina511500
North Carolina440440
Alabama370361
Kentucky320320
Virginia280280
Pennsylvania220220
Florida180180
West Virginia120120
Maryland6060
Ohio3030
Tennessee3030
Mississippi1010
New Jersey1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Spartanburg, SC0.75 inNone0
Charleston, SCNone58 mph0
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Columbia, SCNone58 mph0
Columbus, GANone58 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Greenville, SCNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Huntsville, ALNone69 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone60 mph0
Montgomery, ALNone58 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph0
Roanoke, VANone62 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0
Trenton, NJNone58 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone61 mph0
Wilmington, NCNone58 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.