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EF-1 tornado struck Bartow County late Sunday night

Preliminary data indicated that the tornado had maximum sustained winds of 85-to-90 mph

ATLANTA — The storm that struck Bartow County late Sunday night was a minimal EF-1 tornado with maximum sustained winds of 85-to-90 mph, survey crews with the National Weather Service have confirmed.

One person was killed when a tree fell onto a home in Cartersville as a result of that particular storm cell.

The crew is one of two that is out looking at damage from the overnight storms that struck north Georgia. That same crew is looking at additional damage and will have more detailed information as the afternoon progresses.

A second survey crew is looking at storm damage in Murray County, where seven people were killed at a mobile home park.

The survey crew looks at the damage that has occurred as well as the nature of the damage to determine whether it was caused by straight-line winds, or by a tornado.

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