The March 1, 2007 tornado
EF2Baker, Mitchell, Dougherty and Worth counties, Georgia
An EF2 tornado on a 30.5-mile path that killed 6 and injured 3. It was one of 43 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 6 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happened Part of the outbreak of March 1, 2007: 43 tornadoes in 9 statesEF2 tornado · March 1, 2007
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- EF2
- Enhanced Fujita scale
- Path length
- 30.5 mi
- Width up to 200 yards
- Killed
- 6
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 3
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Thursday, March 1, 2007
- 11:44 PM EST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
An EF-2 tornado touched down in rural Baker County west of Newton, then traveled rapidly northeast, and caused extensive damage to a mobile home park a mile north of Newton. Six people died and three were injured when their mobile homes were demolished by the tornado. A church was destroyed on State Highway 37 a few miles west of Newton. GEMA and FEMA damage assessments determined ten minor damaged homes, nine major damaged homes, and 18 destroyed homes. The tornado crossed into northern Mitchell County north of Baconton. A state of emergency was declared by the Governor.
The storm system that day
Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of March 1 ahead of advancing warm front across southwest Georgia, producing several reports of wind damage. Later that evening into the predawn hours of March 2, a squall line formed ahead of a cold front, with several reports of wind damage and tornadoes across portions of southwest and south central Georgia. One of the tornadoes tore through a mobile home park just north of Newton, killing six and injuring three.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Other notable tornadoes that day
- EF4, Wilcox County1 killed
- EF4, Coffee County9 killed
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.