the tornado briefly weakened to high-end ef1 strength past baughville, downing many trees in heavily forested areas. once again regaining low-end ef3 strength, the tornado proceeded to strike the north side of talbotton, causing major damage in town. numerous manufactured homes were obliterated, with debris being scattered up to a quarter-mile away through nearby woods. multiple other manufactured homes were badly damaged. several frame homes also sustained severe damage, including one that was shifted off of its foundation, and another that had its second floor removed. vehicles were piled atop each other and damaged by flying debris, and an unanchored brick duplex was swept from its foundation and leveled, leaving only the foundation slab and a pile of debris behind. continuing to the east-northeast past talbotton, a manufactured home was rolled and destroyed. mostly ef1 damage was observed beyond this point, though a final area of ef2 tree damage occurred in a small valley near u.s. route 80. hundreds of trees were snapped off at the base in this area before the tornado began to rapidly weaken and shrink in size. a few more trees were snapped near the intersection of george smith rd and carl mathis rd before the tornado dissipated.