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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
229 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/28/2026 TORNADO EVENT
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.96 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 07/28/2026
START TIME: 10:29 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 NE TALKING ROCK / PICKENS COUNTY / GA
START LAT/LON: 34.5426 / -84.4475
END DATE: 07/28/2026
END TIME: 10:33 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 N JASPER / PICKENS COUNTY / GA
END LAT/LON: 34.5213 / -84.4252
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED IN NORTH PICKENS COUNTY, GA IN THE LATE
EVENING HOURS OF JULY 28, 2026, FIRST PRODUCING DAMAGE AT
10:29 PM EDT. DAMAGE WAS FIRST OBSERVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE
PICKENS/GORDON COUNTY LINE, WHERE A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR
A HOME ON PHIL DUNDEE WAY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST, WHERE
IT UPROOTED TREES ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUTBACK RD. TO
THIS POINT, THE UPROOTED TREES COMBINED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE NEAR
THE GROUND INDICATED THAT THE ROTATION REMAINED MAINLY ELEVATED,
ONLY SPORADICALLY TOUCHING THE SURFACE. AS IT CONTINUED ALONG ITS
SOUTHEAST PATH, THE TORNADO BROUGHT TREES DOWN ACROSS E PRICE
CREEK RD AND ADDITIONALLY UPROOTED OR SNAPPED TREES ON OUTBACK
RIDGE TRAIL. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR A HOME AT
THE INTERSECTION OF OUTBACK RIDGE TRAIL AND E PRICE CREEK RD,
WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND ANOTHER WAS SNAPPED. A
BARRIER COMPRISED OF 6X6 BOARDS WAS ALSO PULLED FROM THE GROUND
BY ONE TREE BEING UPROOTED. THE ELEVATION OF THE TERRAIN
DECREASED TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION, THOUGH THERE WERE SIGNS
OF DISTURBANCE IN THE TREES ALONG THE DOWNWARD SLOPE. THE NEXT
INDICATOR OF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG JACK PINYON RD WHERE A
TREE WAS SNAPPED. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF E PRICE CREEK RD AND MOUNTAIN CREST DR WHERE
SMALLER TREES AND LIMBS WERE DOWNED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
AFTER TAKING A MORE SOUTHERLY TURN, THE TORNADO LAST PRODUCED
DAMAGE ON OLD BURNT MOUNTAIN RD WHERE A PARTIALLY DEAD TREE WAS
BROUGHT DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE
DISSIPATED BY 10:33 PM EDT.
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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