CENTRE TORNADO (CHEROKEE)
Rating F2
Begin/End Time 11:23 PM/11:35 PM
Length/Width 10.5/440
Deaths/Injuries 1/4
ONEONTA TORNADO (BLOUNT, ETOWAH)
AN F1 TORNADO BEGAN AT 10:22 PM ABOUT 1.4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLGOOD JUST WEST OF SR 75. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ACROSS ALLGOOD DOWNING TREES AND DOING SOME DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES. IT TRAVELED ACROSS BOAT LANDING ROAD WHERE TREES WERE DOWNED THEN CROSSED SPRINGVILLE BOULEVARD WHERE SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN CLIPPED THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF ONEONTA BEFORE TURNING MORE EASTERLY.
THE TORNADO CROSSED CR 29 WHERE TWO MORE STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND THEN CROSSED US 231. ADDITIONAL TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG MONTGOMERY DRIVE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO DOWN TREES AS IT DISSIPATED JUST AFTER MOVING INTO ETOWAH COUNTY. IT ENDED AT 10:32 PM.
THE PATH LENGTH OF THE F1 TORNADO WAS 10.6 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF ABOUT 300 YARDS. NO DEATHS OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED, BUT BLOUNT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DID REPORT THAT TWO COWS WERE KILLED BY FALLING TREES.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 748 WAS ISSUED AT 4:35 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR BLOUNT COUNTY AT 10:03 PM AND FOR ETOWAH COUNTY AT 10:03 PM.
