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EF0 tornado in Grady County, Georgia

Tornado March 12, 2026 · Grady County, Georgia

EF0

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado touched down along Georgia Highway 111, downing a couple of trees. The tornado moved east, crossing Gainey Road, where a couple of additional trees were uprooted. The tornado dissipated before reaching Pine Hill Road. The damage was consistent with an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of approximately 80 mph.

The wider storm

A squall line swept through the tri-state area ahead of a cold front on March 12th. Numerous reports of severe weather were received.

Began near Calvary (30.7556, -84.3326).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Early County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327635. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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