Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2026
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2026, 7:25 AM EDT for Baldwin County, Hancock County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 min. 5 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
- Mar 12, 2026, 7:25 AM EDT (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 7:44 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allenwood, GA | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of multiple trees down on Blandy Road near Highway 49, impacting power to public schools and GCSU. |
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milledgeville, GA | The Emergency Manager reported a tree on a home along Baldwin Avenue. |
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W Milledgeville, GA | EF0 tornado with Max winds of 75mph. 100 yards wide and 3.5 miles long. Damage consisted of mostly trees downed from State Dairy Farm Road across Blandy Rd, and into the city of Milledgeville. Damage was also noted at an elementary school on Blandy Rd. |
| Mar 12, 7:26 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Allenwood, GA | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of damage to the Public Works building, including several damaged doors and a blown over fuel pump canopy. |
| Mar 12, 7:28 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milledgeville, GA | Public reported a tree and power lines down at N Clarke Street and W Montgomery Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
479
WFUS52 KFFC 121125
TORFFC
GAC009-141-303-121200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0008.260312T1125Z-260312T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
725 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Baldwin County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Northwestern Washington County in east central Georgia...
* Until 800 AM EDT.
* At 725 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Milledgeville, moving east at 40 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...
Milledgeville, Deepstep, Midway-Hardwick, Meriwether, Beulah,
Underwood, Hardwick, Allenwood, Linton, and Scottsboro.
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 3300 8292 3302 8334 3317 8334 3323 8291
3310 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 264DEG 36KT 3308 8325
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
728
WWUS52 KFFC 121135
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
735 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
GAC009-141-303-121200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260312T1200Z/
Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-Washington GA-
735 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
At 735 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Underwood, or near Milledgeville, moving east at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Deepstep, Linton, Beulah, and Underwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 8292 3307 8321 3319 8322 3323 8291
3310 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 1135Z 264DEG 36KT 3309 8312
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$954
WWUS52 KFFC 121144
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
744 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
GAC009-141-303-121154-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260312T1200Z/
Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-Washington GA-
744 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN
HANCOCK AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EDT for central and
east central Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 8292 3307 8321 3319 8322 3323 8291
3310 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 264DEG 36KT 3310 8301
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 3:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 4:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 4:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 4:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 4:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Talbot and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley and 5 more | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 5:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 6:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 6 more | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 6:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 6:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones and 4 more | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 6:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 6:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 5 more | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Greene, Hancock, Houston, Jones and 4 more | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair and 5 more | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 7:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 16 min |
| Mar 12, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 3 more | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 7:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 8:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson | 14 min |
| Mar 12, 8:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 5 more | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 8:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 9:15 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:01 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 22 more | 23 hr |
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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.