Chattahoochee County, Georgia

A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, GA concluded that an F1 tornado had touched down at the intersection of Sightseeing Road and Lavoy Road in the northern portion of Fort Benning and traveled north-northeast toward the Upatoi Creek and the Muscogee county line. The tornado crossed just across the border into Muscogee county before lifting. Moderate damage was observed within the Main Post area of Fort Benning along a 150-yard wide, 1.5-mile long path. The majority of the damage occurred along Wold Avenue, where about 10 World War II warehouses were heavily damage, and 18-wheel truck was flipped over, and two vehicles were damaged from debris. Several trees and power lines were also down in the area. Six homes were also damaged in the McDonald Manor Housing Area from large downed trees and limbs. Nine minor injuries were reported in this area as a result of flying or falling debris.

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down within the Fort Benning Military Reservation approximately seven miles east-northeast of the Fort Benning Lawson Army Air Field or about 9.5 miles southeast of Columbus in far northern Chattahoochee county. The tornado was determined to have a path length of 1/4 mile long with a path width of 50 yards. The tornado removed one fourth of the roof and a portion of an exterior wall of a dormitory on the army base. More than a dozen vehicles were tossed, turned, and flipped about by the tornado. In addition, there were approximately 30 trees snapped, blown over, or uprooted along the path of the tornado. There were no injuries and no fatalities from this tornado.||[04/15-04/16/11: Tornado #2, County #1-1, EF1, Chattahoochee, 2011:008].

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second EF1 tornado touched down within Chattahoochee county from the same parent supercell thunderstorm that spawned an earlier EF1 tornado 2.5 miles south of Ochille. This EF1 tornado touched down approximately 2.5 miles east-northeast of Cusseta and also traveled on the ground about 4.0 miles to the east-southeast just north of and paralleling Georgia Highway 26. The maximum path width was determined to be 100 yards with maximum winds estimated at 80 mph. Minor damage was observed to at least two homes and one church. A 20 by 24 foot metal storage building on Georgia Highway 26 was destroyed. Several other storage sheds or outbuildings along the path of the tornado suffered minor to moderate damage.