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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE JUNE 18, 2026 TORNADO EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS
OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR- UPDATE #2 ...
OVERVIEW
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR MOVED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS OF JUNE 18, 2026. SEVERAL WAVES OF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED AHEAD OF AND DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE
SYSTEM INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES AND DOWNBURSTS. THE NWS SURVEYED THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
AND DAMAGE WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A TORNADO. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS WAS A COMPLICATED
SURVEY PROCESS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE METEOROLOGICAL FEATURE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE MAJORITY OF THE TORNADOS LISTED
BELOW. IT WAS SIMILAR, BUT WEAKER, IN MANY RESPECTS TO THE 2023 GRIFFIN TORNADO. SURVEY ESULTS CONFIRM
THAT 10 TORNADOS OCCURRED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.MUSCOGEE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 06:37 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE MIDLAND / MUSCOGEE COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.5437 / -84.7884
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 06:43 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE UPATOI / MUSCOGEE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.5712 / -84.7201
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 6:37PM THURSDAY JUNE 18,
2026 ALONG CHATSWORTH ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HWY 80 IN NORTHEASTERN
MUSCOGEE COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES
AS WELL AS KNOCKED DOWN POWERLINES ALONG CHATSWORTH ROAD. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED ENE CROSSING MIDLAND ROAD AND HWY 80 SNAPPING
AND UPROOTING TREES. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HWY 80, THE TORNADO
PARALLELED FULTON ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES. THERE ARE
SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THAT STRETCH OF ROAD WHICH RECEIVED ONLY
MINOR DAMAGE, MOST OF WHICH FROM TREES AND TREE DEBRIS. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CROSSING JENKINS ROAD AND INTO A SMALL
NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG BENTLEY DRIVE. A LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A HOME
NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST ACROSS MCKEE ROAD AND DANIEL COURT BEFORE LIFTING AS IT
MOVED INTO A LARGELY WOODED AREA AROUND KENDALL CREEK
.SCHLEY COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.84 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 07:44 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW LA CROSSE / SCHLEY COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.1809 / -84.2669
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 07:47 PM EDT
END LOCATION: LA CROSSE / SCHLEY COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.1876 / -84.2367
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 7:44PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 JUST
EAST OF HWY 19 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 271 AS A LINE
OF STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREESALONG THE COUNTY ROAD AS IT TRAVELED EAST
CROSSING HEATH ROAD AND LA CROSSE ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT
CROSSED RAILROADAN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 7:44PM THURSDAY
JUNE 18, 2026 JUST EAST OF HWY 19 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROAD 271 AS A LINE OF STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. THE
TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREESALONG THE COUNTY ROAD
AS IT TRAVELED EAST CROSSING HEATH ROAD AND LA CROSSE ROAD. THE
TORNADO LIFTED AS IT CROSSED RAILROADTRACKS JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY
ROAD 271. RADAR DATA FROM THE V010 LOCATION IN AMERICUS WAS
UTILIZED TO BOTH ESTIMATE THE TIME AS WELL AS CONFIRM THE
PRESENCE OF THE TORNADO WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS.
.CRAWFORD AND MONROE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.37 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 07:50 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSE MUSELLA / CRAWFORD COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.7798 / -84.0244
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 08:06 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 SW BOLINGBROKE / MONROE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.9065 / -83.8554
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 7:50PM THURSDAY JUNE 18,
2026 ALONG HWY 341 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY
OF MUSELLA. TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG HWY 341 ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED QUICKLY AS IT TRAVELED ENE
CROSSING MUSELLA ROAD AND JOHNSON ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN AN AROUND SEVERAL HOMES. SHORTLY AFTER
CROSSING THROUGH THIS REGION A TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE APPEARED
ON THE KJGX RADAR AT APPROXIMATELY 7:52PM. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST CROSSING FAIRPLAY HILL ROAD AND DENT ROAD SNAPPING AN
UPROOTED DOZENS TO HUNDREDS OF TREES IN A MAINLY WOODED REGION.
THE STORM CROSSED HOPEWELL ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SMITH
CHAPEL ROAD KNOCKING OVER TREES AND POWERLINES BEFORE CROSSING
INTO MONROE COUNTY SOUTH OF THARPE ROAD. THE STORM CROSSED
MONTPELIER STATION ROAD AND MONTPELIER CHURCH ROAD SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING TREES INCLUDING ONTO THE BACK OF A CHURCH ALONG HWY 74.
AS THE TORNADO CROSSED 74 IT MOVED INTO AN AREA WITH SEVERAL
HOMES ALONG HUDSON HILL DR, SHADY DALE DR AND LOWER SIMMONS ROAD.
SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF
TREES FALLING ONTO THEM. OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA SUSTAINED ROOF
DAMAGE FROM THE WIND AND A COUPLE OF CARS WERE CRUSHED BY FALLING
TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NE INTO A LARGELY WOODED AREA
BEFORE LIFTING AS IT GOT TO ZEBULON ROAD WHERE 2 TREES WERE
UPROOTED. RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT THIS TORNADO WAS ROTATING
NORTH AND EVENTUALLY ABSORBED INTO A LARGER
CIRCULATION/MESOCYCLONE THAT HAD DEVELOPED IN THE LINE OF STORMS
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.
.MONROE COUNTY ESTES ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.37 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 08:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW BOLINGBROKE / MONROE COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.9075 / -83.8252
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 08:18 PM EDT
END LOCATION: BOLINGBROKE / MONROE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.9492 / -83.7955
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:14PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF WADLEY ROAD AND ESTES ROAD TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF THE BOLINGBROKE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST
ALONG ESTES ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES PARTICULARLY AS IT
MOVED NORTH OF LENTZ ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NE CROSSING
I475 WHERE A COUPLE TREES WERE DOWNED BEFORE REACHING CORY DR AND
KOPFLER ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED BEFORE
DISSIPATING. THERE WERE OTHER TREES DOWNED SPORADICALLY TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE LAST PLOTTED LOCATION OF THIS TORNADO, HOWEVER,
BOTH THE RADAR DATA AND THE GROUND SURVEY LACKED THE CLARITY TO
BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF A WEAK ROTATION CONTINUED OR IF THE
DAMAGE WAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG
MESOCYCLONE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
.MONROE/JONES COUNTY FIVE POINTS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.08 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 08:25 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 S DAMES FERRY / MONROE COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.9748 / -83.7434
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 08:37 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 WSW WAYSIDE / JONES COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.0567 / -83.627
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:25PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 IN
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY ALONG TOBLER CREEK NEAR SEARCY DRIVE
WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
TRACKED ENE CROSSING HWY 23 WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED
BEFORE CROSSING RIVERMIST ROAD AND POPES FERRY LANE SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING TREES BEFORE CROSSING THE OCMULGEE RIVER. MONROE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMS THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST
IN A LARGELY WOODED AREA VIA DRONE FOOTAGE OF SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED TREES ON THE JONES COUNTY SIDE OF THE RIVER. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED EAST IN JONES COUNTY CROSSING HWY 18 DOWNING A FEW
TREES BEFORE REACHING THE FIVE POINTS COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED ALONG FIVE POINTS ROAD AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTH PARALLELING THAT ROAD BEFORE LIFTING PAST THE INTERSECTION
OF FIVE POINTS ROAD AND HITCHITI ROAD.
.JONES COUNTY WAYSIDE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 08:40 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSE WAYSIDE / JONES COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.0469 / -83.6039
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 08:41 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNE WAYSIDE / JONES COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.0787 / -83.5919
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:37PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 IN
JONES COUNTY SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF WAYSIDE TO THE WEST OF
GREEN SETTLEMENT ROAD. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES AS
IT CROSSED GREEN SETTLEMENT ROAD BEFORE CROSSING HWY 11, OR
MONTICELLO HWY, WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
INCLUDING ONE ONTO A HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH OF HWY
11 REACHING PEAK INTENSITY IN A GROVE OF TREES ON WAYSIDE FARM
WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TRAVELLING NORTH BEFORE LIFTING IN A WOODED AREA SOUTH
OF OTIS REDDING DRIVE.
.JONES COUNTY HUNGERFORD ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.41 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 08:41 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 N BRADLEY / JONES COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.0862 / -83.5573
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 08:44 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 N BRADLEY / JONES COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.1058 / -83.551
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 8:41PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 IN
JONES COUNTY TO THE WEST OF HUNGERFORD ROAD IN A WOODED AREA
WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED NORTH PARALLEL TO HUNGERFORD ROAD CROSSING JACKSON ROAD
SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. THE
TORNADO LIFTED AFTER A 1.4 MILE PATH IN A WOODED AREA TO THE WEST
OF HUNGERFORD ROAD.
.JONES/BALDWIN/PUTNAM COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 08:51 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW BLOUNTSVILLE / JONES COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.114 / -83.5194
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 09:00 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 E RESSEAUS CROSSROADS / PUTNAM COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.202 / -83.3827
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY AT
8:51PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 TO THE SOUTH OF DAMASCUS CHURCH
ROAD WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING ROOSEVELT ROAD SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES WHICH RESULTED IN 1 OF 2 AREAS OF
EF1 DAMAGE WITHIN THE PATH. THE STORM CONTINUED TRAVELLING ENE
ALONG HWY 129 SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES BEFORE TRAVELLING
ALONG MATHIS ROAD INTO BALDWIN COUNTY WHERE IT BECAME LUMPKIN
ROAD. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THAT
ROAD BEFORE SNAPPING AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES ALONG HWY
212 IN FAR NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALONG LAKE SINCLAIR. THE
TORNADO CROSSED LAKE SINCLAIR AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS
TREES ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE LAKE IN SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY
ALONG WHIPPORWILL LANE AND PHILLIPS ROAD. A COUPLE OF HOMES
SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM FALLING TREES ALONG THE LAKE. THE DAMAGE
IN THIS LOCATION WAS CLASSIFIED AS THE 2ND AREA OF EF1 DAMAGE
FROM THIS TORNADO. THE STORM CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING
NAPIER ROAD AND TWIN BRIDGES ROAD DOWNING A FEW TREES BEFORE
LIFTING AS IT REACHED THE LAKE AT THE LOCATION WHERE TWIN BRIDGES
ROAD CROSSES LAKE SINCLAIR.
.PUTNAM COUNTY FLAT ROCK TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.59 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0*
INJURIES: 0*
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 09:04 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSW FLAT ROCK / PUTNAM COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.2218 / -83.3351
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 09:07 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNE FLAT ROCK / PUTNAM COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.2499 / -83.3057
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY AT
9:04PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 ALONG TWIN BRIDGES ROAD JUST EAST
OF THE COMMUNITY OF NONA WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ALONG TWIN BRIDGES
ROAD SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES INCLUDING ALONG WELCH TRL
BEFORE REACHING THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 441 AND PEA RIDGE RD IN
THE FLAT ROCK COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED ON THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION AS WELL AS SPORADICALLY ON THE
EASTERN SIDE. EAST OF HWY 441, TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG VARIOUS
LOCATIONS ON PEA RIDGE CIR IN AND AROUND SEVERAL HOMES. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST AND LIFTED AS IT APPROACHED PEA RIDGE ROAD
IN A WOODED AREA.
*THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES AND 2 INJURIES WHICH
OCCURRED NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THE MORNING AFTER THIS
TORNADO PASSED THROUGH THE AREA AS A RESULT OF A TREE FALLING
ONTO A VEHICLE. WHILE IT IS LIKELY BUT NOT CERTAIN THAT THE
TORNADO WEAKENED THE TREE WHICH CAUSED THE FATALITIES AND
INJURIES, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED A DIRECT RESULT OF. FINAL
DETERMINATIONWILL BE THAT THESE WERE INDIRECT INJURIES AND
FATALITIES FROM THE TORNADO/STORM ITSELF.
.GREENE COUNTY LAKE OCONEE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.40 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 09:19 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE ROCKVILLE / PUTNAM COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 33.3349 / -83.1774
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 09:24 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSW LIBERTY / GREENE COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 33.3958 / -83.1561
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY ALONG HWY
16 AT 9:19PM THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO TRAVELLED NORTH IN A LARGELY
WOODED AREA BEFORE EMERGING ONTO LAKE OCONEE IN GREENE COUNTY
BEFORE REACHING A SHORELINE WHICH INCLUDED NUMEROUS HOMES ALONG
QUAIL HOLLOW, CHIEFTAIN WAY, TOMAHAWK CT, CHEROKEE TRAIL, AND
HOWARD LEWIS ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
INCLUDING SEVERAL ONTO HOMES. A BOAT AND BOATHOUSE WAS FLIPPED
AND PARTIALLY SUNK AND SEVERAL POWERLINES WERE DOWNED. IT IS
LIKELY THAT THE DAMAGE ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE SHORELINE WAS
MAXIMIZED DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE LAKE AND THE WIND
DIRECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARENT STORM WHICH SPAWNED THIS
TORNADO. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AND LIFTED AS IT CROSSED WHITE OAK
DR.
.SUMTER COUNTY DOWNBURST
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.69 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 2150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/19/2026
START TIME: 03:47 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 W AMERICUS / SUMTER COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 32.0835 / -84.3056
END DATE: 06/19/2026
END TIME: 03:50 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW AMERICUS / SUMTER COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 32.0676 / -84.2641
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A DOWNBURST OCCURRED AT 3:47 AM FRIDAY JUNE 19, 2026 TO THE WEST
OF AMERICUS, GA ALONG MCMATH MILL ROAD. DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ALL
ALONG MCMATH MILL ROAD, JAMES HART RD, IN THE WOLF CREEK GOLF
CLUB WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A LARGE
SECTION OF A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WAS DAMAGED AT THE SUMTER
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALONG MCMATH MILL ROAD. RADAR DATA FROM
THE V010 RADAR IN AMERICUS WAS USED TO CONFIRM WITH CERTAINTY
THAT A DOWNBURST OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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