Early on Monday morning March, 1st a weak tornado struck the Atlanta Suburb of Riverdale. Along with this tornado, strong winds NOT associated with the tornado felled a tree that unfortunately killed a man in Kenwood, GA.
**DEADLY STORMS** Did you know a powerful line of storms moved through the Atlanta metro area around 6 AM ET spinning up a brief tornado in the Riverdale Community & produced straight line winds that caused a fatality in Clayton County. Here's the preliminary tornado report #gawx pic.twitter.com/mYtXgCVEmj
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An initial damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service out of Peachtree City, GA rated the tornado an EF-1 with maximum winds up to 90 mph.
Here is a look at the damage that came into WeatherNation after daylight arrived.
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