THE WIRE → MACON → RECORD Nº 023642
STORM · MAR 12 2026 · MACON COUNTY · MARSHALLVILLE
Tornado reported near MARSHALLVILLE at 0540 (NOAA event 1328578)
Report source: NWS Storm Survey. The tornado first touched down west of Bryant Hill Road and moved|through a large pecan orchard snapping and uprooting numerous|trees. The tornado moved across Bryant Hill Road and very rapidly reached max intensity as it approached Sleepy Hollow Road. JGX radar data also confirms the presence of very strong velocities in the area near Sleepy Hollow Road as well. The|tornado struck a mobile home community on the west side of Sleepy Hollow Road destroying 4 mobile homes, overturning a home and damaging several others. One of the residents of a home was thrown approximately 40 feet from one of the destroyed homes. In another home, there were 2 injuries as a result of the home being|flipped over and destroyed. The overturned mobile home remained intact, however the anchors which were concrete Direct injuries stated: 2; direct deaths stated: 0.