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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2025, 1:12 AM EDT for Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 10 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2025, 1:12 AM EDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2025, 1:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Molena, GA | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a downed tree on Old Zebulon Road near Highway 109. |
| Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Atwater, GA | Trees down along Smyrna Church Road. |
| Jun 26, 1:22 AM EDT | TORNADO | Atwater, GA | Likely tornado damage noted along Atwater Rd between Willingham Springs Rd and Weems Rd. Corresponds with TDS at same time. Numerous trees down and snapped. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3661 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
005
WFUS52 KFFC 260512
TORFFC
GAC231-293-260600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0065.250626T0512Z-250626T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
112 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Pike County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Upson County in west central Georgia...
* Until 200 AM EDT.
* At 112 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Atwater, or near Thomaston, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Molena, Atwater, and Hannahs Mill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3305 8451 3300 8434 3294 8435 3295 8452
3296 8452 3296 8453 3297 8453 3298 8452
3299 8453 3300 8453 3301 8454 3302 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 096DEG 13KT 3297 8438
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
508
WWUS52 KFFC 260522
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
122 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025
GAC231-293-260531-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-250626T0600Z/
Pike GA-Upson GA-
122 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND NORTHWESTERN UPSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The circulation with storm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits, and exited the warned area. Therefore, the
warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for
west central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3305 8451 3300 8434 3294 8435 3295 8452
3296 8452 3296 8453 3297 8453 3298 8452
3299 8453 3300 8453 3301 8454 3302 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 096DEG 13KT 3297 8442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 13 min |
| Jun 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 16 min |
| Jun 25, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 9 min |
| Jun 25, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 14 min |
| Jun 25, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 2 more | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Pike and 1 more | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski and 5 more | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 12:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 2:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Pickens | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.