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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, GA — Mar 12, 2026

NWS FFC · ETN 9 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office FFC issued a tornado warning at 11:29 UTC on Mar 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 16 minutes, ending at Mar 12, 2026 11:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 32.63, -83.37, moving east at about 24 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
2 NE District Path Twiggs, GA EF1° End point for EF1 tornado with max winds of 105mph. Damage consisted of mostly trees snapped and uprooted along its 3.25 mi track. (FFC)
2 E Rentz Laurens, GA EF1° an EF1 tornado with max winds of 100mph briefly touched down east of the City of Rentz along Etheridge Road. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along its nearly 1 (FFC)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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