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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1019 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025


...NWS Damage Survey for 06/26/25 Upson County Tornado...


..North Upson County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.53 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/26/2025
Start Time:             01:10 AM EDT
Start Location:         1 NE Atwater / Upson County / GA
Start Lat/Lon:          32.9736 / -84.3599

End Date:               06/26/2025
End Time:               01:16 AM EDT
End Location:           3 W Atwater / Upson County / GA
End Lat/Lon:            32.9752 / -84.4202

Survey Summary:

At approximately 1:10 AM EDT on Thursday June 26, 2025 an EF1
tornado touched down in northern Upson County with maximum winds
of 95-100mph. The tornado developed as a result of 2 colliding
outflow boundaries from storms moving southwest which moved into
Georgia from South Carolina and storms moving north originating
along the Florida gulf coast. The boundaries collided over
northern Upson County and generated enough low level shear that
the storms in the area were able to generate a short lived
tornado. The tornado first touched down in a field west of Day
Road near the intersection of Thompson Road. At the end of the
field was a grove of pine trees with several snapped off where the
tornado crossed into the wooded region. The tornado continued
west through a heavily wooded region before emerging out at
Atwater Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted on the east
side of Atwater around 2 homes. A large grove of hardwood trees
were mostly snapped which is where it is presumed the tornado
reached max intensity of 95 to 100mph winds. At approximately 1:10
to 1:11 AM and over this location is when the KFFC radar first
determined the presence of a TDS (tornado debris signature). The
tornado continued moving west along Atwater road snapping and
uprooting trees on both sides of the road. At approximately 1:12
AM the tornado continued west along Weems Road snapping and
uprooting numerous trees on both sides of the road. The TDS
continued through the 1:15 AM scan over a mostly wooded region
west of Weems road where the tornado is presumed lifted at
approximately 1:16AM as a result of no damages being observed west
of the heavily wooded region. The exact end of path is estimated
without an areal survey. We would like to thank Upson County
Emergency Management and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency
for their assistance with the survey.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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