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EF0 tornado in Upson County, Georgia

Tornado March 16, 2026 · Upson County, Georgia

EF0
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
360 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 360 yards (0.20 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

Tornado damage was first observed on Hendricks Church Road where a few small pine trees were snapped. Damage continued across Hurricane Creek where approximately 20-30 trees were knocked down or uprooted in private farmland. The path continues with damage to a small outbuilding before reaching Ellerbeetown Rd where some additional tree damage was noted. The track continues eastward towards the intersection of McCard Rd and 74 where additional tree damage was observed as well as some minor structural damage to a home. After crossing Womble Creek, the

tornado uprooted trees along Thurston School Rd before continuing east where it caused some minor tree and outhouse damage near the intersection of Butts Rd and Pickard Rd. From there, the path ends and the tornado appears to have lifted. This damage was in line with the estimated maximum wind speed of 78 mph and an

EF0 rating.

The wider storm

Yet another QLCS moved through portions of north and central Georgia in the early morning hours of the 16th. Pockets of concentrated winds damage were found mostly in north Georgia where the storms held together best. A few more brief tornados were found via surveys, including one just southeast of the metro and two further south to Macon and Pine Mountain.

Began near Crest (32.9226, -84.4624).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1328642. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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