A significant early season tornadic event affected portions of the Midwestern and Southern United States at the end of January 2013.

The strongest tornado, an EF3, impacted portions of Adairsville, Georgia, causing significant damage to an industrial building and several homes.

One man was killed after a tree was downed on his mobile home, ending the longest-running streak without a tornado fatality in the United States which began on June 25, 2012.

[7] While the main threat was expected to be damaging winds, produced by a potent squall line, the SPC also warned of a few strong, long-lived tornadoes.

[8] Numerous tornado watches were issued throughout the day as a squall line developed and worked eastward into the morning hours of January 30.