An EF1 tornado touched down in Hall County during the severe storms that swept through North Georgia and metro Atlanta on Friday and Saturday.
A rogue mini supercell produced the brief tornado that hit the ground at about 6:55 p.m. Friday over the northern part of Lake Lanier, with maximum sustained winds of up to 90 mph, according to the National Weather Service,
The NWS noted that the tornado was captured on video by several eyewitnesses at the lake.
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For about 3 miles, the twister traveled mostly over water as it moved north and damaged some trees on Highway 60 and at an apartment complex on North Cliff Colony Drive, the NWS said. Additional trees were uprooted or had snapped on Basin Road, Cochran Road and Willow Trace. Officials said it was on the ground for about nine minutes…