Hail Swath Map Preview
The Macon, GA hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.00". There are 0 public hail reports, 16 public wind reports, and 17 nearby tornado reports listed for the January 12, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Macon, GA Hail Map
The January 12, 2023 hail swath map for Macon, GA covers approximately 212 square miles and includes an estimated 6,963 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the < 0.50" hail band, covering 110 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the < 0.50" hail band with 4,880 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 110 sq mi | 4,880 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 69 sq mi | 1,664 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 27 sq mi | 359 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 6 sq mi | 60 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Macon, GA Hail Swath Map
Inside the January 12, 2023 hail swath map area for Macon, GA, HailGeeks estimates 2,957 single-family homes, 60 townhomes, and 312 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 2,182 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 2,182 | 44 | 281 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 596 | 12 | 30 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 156 | 4 | 1 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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Counties Inside the Macon, GA Hail Map
Hail from the January 12, 2023 storm was mapped across 14 counties in the Macon, GA region. Dodge County, GA had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.00" with roughly 294 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Macon, GA Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 3 cities near Macon, GA. McRae-Helena, GA had the strongest mapped signal at 0.50", with an estimated 582 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Macon, GA Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the January 12, 2023 Macon, GA hail map spans 13 ZIP codes. ZIP 31023 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.00" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 108.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the January 12, 2023 hail map for Macon, GA currently list 0 public hail reports, 16 public wind reports, and 17 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public hail reports are available for this event. | ||||
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12, 2023 3:06 PM CT | 3 SSE Peachtree City | GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG AND IN THE WOODS NEXT TO ECHO CT. | |
January 12, 2023 3:06 PM CT | 4 E Sandy Creek | GA | TREE DOWN ON KING ARTHUR COURT. | |
January 12, 2023 3:08 PM CT | 2 NE Peachtree City | GA | POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 54 NEAR ENTRANCE OF SPROUTS MARKET. | |
January 12, 2023 3:10 PM CT | 3 SE Peachtree City | GA | COUNTY OFFICIALS RELAYED REPORTS OF TREES DOWN OVER ROADWAYS... INCLUDING HWY 74 AND ACORN RD... FLAT CREEK AND PEACHTREE PARKWAY... ROBINSON RD AND PEACHTREE PARKWAY... ROBINSON RD AND HIGHWAY 54... AND ROBINSON RD AND ASHTON PARK. | |
January 12, 2023 3:11 PM CT | 2 ENE Morrow | GA | POWER LINE DOWN ALONG LAKE HARBIN ROAD. | |
January 12, 2023 3:13 PM CT | Fayetteville | GA | TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN AT BEAUREGARD STREET AND GRADY AVENUE. | |
January 12, 2023 3:13 PM CT | 2 SW Rex | GA | POWERLINE DOWN ALONG WOODFIELD LANE. | |
January 12, 2023 3:13 PM CT | 2 S Morrow | GA | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG OLD MORROW ROAD SOUTH OF BATTLE CREEK ROAD. | |
January 12, 2023 3:13 PM CT | 2 N Starrs Mill | GA | PUBLIC REPORTED A LARGE TREE DOWN IN WOODCREEK DEVELOPMENT IN PEACHTREE CITY. | |
January 12, 2023 3:14 PM CT | 1 N Irondale | GA | TREE DOWN ALONG MUNDYS MILL ROAD. | |
January 12, 2023 3:16 PM CT | 1 S Jonesboro | GA | TREE DOWN ALONG POST RD. | |
January 12, 2023 3:34 PM CT | 2 WSW Blacksville | GA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING I-75/SB BEFORE HWY 20/81 (EXIT 218). | |
January 12, 2023 3:35 PM CT | 1 WNW High Falls State | GA | REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCK CREEK DR AND BUCK CREEK RD. | |
January 12, 2023 3:36 PM CT | Mcdonough | GA | ROOFS DAMAGE ON BUSINESSES IN MCDOUNOUGH SQUARE AT SLOAN STREET AND HIGHWAY 42. | |
January 12, 2023 3:49 PM CT | 3 ENE Hampton | GA | POWER LINES DOWN ON ROCKY CREEK RD IN HANNAHS MILL AREA OF UPSON. (NEAR ROCKY CREEK DR.). | |
January 12, 2023 4:30 PM CT | 3 SE Social Circle | GA | REPORT OF TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HANCOCK DR AND DAREL DR. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12, 2023 3:11 PM CT | UNK | 1 W Hollonville | GA | *** 18 INJ *** PER RADAR DATA... AERIAL... AND GROUND SURVEYS... IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE 3 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SOUTHWEST SPALDING AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES. THIS PARTICULAR EF-3 TORNADO WOULD BECOME THE DOMINANT CIRCULATION WHICH IMPACTED GRIFFIN AND MUCH OF SPALDING COUNTY AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY. STARTING DAMAGE PATH ALONG HWY 362 WEST OF IRISH HILL DR. |
January 12, 2023 3:17 PM CT | UNK | 3 WSW Zetella | GA | THE LONG-TRACK AND POWERFUL EF-2 TORNADO THAT FORMED WITHIN MERIWETHER COUNTY... CONTINUED THROUGH NORTHWEST PIKE AND INTO SOUTHWEST SPALDING COUNTIES. END OF DAMAGE PATH EAST OF BLANTON MILL RD NORTH OF THE PIKE-SPALDING COUNTY LINE. |
January 12, 2023 3:19 PM CT | UNK | 3 SW Zetella | GA | PER BOTH RADAR DATA... AERIAL... AND GROUND SURVEYS... IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE 3 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SOUTHWEST SPALDING AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES. THIS PARTICULAR EF-1 TORNADO BRIEFLY SPUN UP NEAR THE PIKE AND SPALDING COUNTY LINE JUST WEST OF SCOTT BRANCH ROAD PER BOTH RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE (TDS) AND GROUND TRUTH WITH SNAPPED OR UPROOTED TREES IN THAT AREA. |
January 12, 2023 3:22 PM CT | UNK | 1 ESE Zetella | GA | AS THE EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED EAST IT BECAME ABSORBED INTO THE CIRCULATION THAT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY TRACKING NE OUT OF PIKE COUNTY... JUST TO THE WEST OF THE KENDALL DRIVE AREA. IT WAS AS THIS TORNADO AND THE OTHER CIRCULATION CAME TOGETHER THE OVERALL INTENSITY PEAKED OVER AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE KENDALL DRIVE AREA ALONG HWY 16 WEST OF GRIFFIN WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE LONGER TRACK TORNADO WHICH TRACKED THROUGH GRIFFIN. END POINT IS THE APPROXIMATE AREA WHERE IT CAME TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER CIRCULATION. |
January 12, 2023 3:26 PM CT | UNK | Highland Mills | GA | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOBBY LOBBY ROOF IN GRIFFIN GA. NEAR RIEGAL ST AND PINE DR. |
January 12, 2023 3:27 PM CT | UNK | 3 NNE Orchard Hill | GA | *** 2 FATAL... 10 INJ *** STARTING DAMAGE LOCATION OF THE LONG TRACK EF-2 TORNADO THAT BEGAN A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIFFIN... GA THROUGH BUTTS... NEWTON... AND INTO JASPER COUNTIES. |
January 12, 2023 3:28 PM CT | UNK | 1 ENE Griffin | GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN ROAD IN GRIFFIN NEAR JACKSON ROAD ELEMENTARY AND PINELEA RD. |
January 12, 2023 3:28 PM CT | UNK | 3 ESE Griffin | GA | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF GRIFFIN ON HWY 16 NEAR BARROW RD. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SEMI FLIPPED. |
January 12, 2023 3:30 PM CT | UNK | Camak | GA | APPROXIMATE STARTING DAMAGE LOCATION OF THE EF-1 WARREN/MCDUFFIE COUNTY TORNADO PATH... BEGINNING IN CAMAK... GA... JUST EAST OF CHURCH ST. |
January 12, 2023 3:35 PM CT | UNK | 4 WSW Mckibben | GA | APPROXIMATE START OF DAMAGE PATH OF THE EF-1 BUTTS COUNTY TORNADO... INITIALLY TOUCHING DOWN WEST OF I-75 ALONG WINDY LANE NEAR MIDWAY DR. THIS TORNADO WAS PART OF A LARGE AND LONG TRACK MESOCYCLONE WHICH SPAWNED NUMEROUS TORNADOES DURING ITS LIFECYCLE. |
January 12, 2023 3:38 PM CT | UNK | 1 ENE Mckibben | GA | APPROXIMATE END OF DAMAGE PATH OF THE EF-1 BUTTS COUNTY TORNADO. THE TORNADO LIFTED AFTER CROSSING JOE LANE RD AND AROUND HIGH FALLS RD. |
January 12, 2023 3:44 PM CT | UNK | 4 SW Fincherville | GA | *** 18 INJ *** PER RADAR DATA... AERIAL... AND GROUND SURVEYS... IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE 3 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SOUTHWEST SPALDING AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES. THIS PARTICULAR EF-3 TORNADO WOULD BECOME THE DOMINANT CIRCULATION WHICH IMPACTED GRIFFIN AND MUCH OF SPALDING COUNTY AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY. APPROXIMATE END OF DAMAGE THROUGH PEAKSVILLE RD. ACCORDING TO SPALDING COUNTY OFFICIALS... AT LEAST 1450 HOMES WERE AFFECTED IN THE CITY OF GRIFFIN AND AT 750+ WERE AFFECTED IN THE COUNTY WITH AT LEAST 250+ SUFFERING MAJOR DAMAGE OR DESTROYED. |
January 12, 2023 3:45 PM CT | UNK | Highland Mills | GA | MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS FROM WALMART. DEBRIS ON STREET. (W MCINTOSH RD AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PKWY). |
January 12, 2023 3:49 PM CT | UNK | 3 SSW Fincherville | GA | START OF DAMAGE PATH OF THE EF-1 BUTTS/NEWTON COUNTY TORNADO TRACK... JUST WEST OF FINCHERVILLE RD. |
January 12, 2023 3:57 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNW North Alcovy | GA | APPROXIMATE END OF DAMAGE PATH OF THE EF-1 BUTTS/NEWTON COUNTY TORNADO TRACK... NEAR HWY 212 APPROACHING THE ALCOVY RIVER. |
January 12, 2023 4:01 PM CT | UNK | 4 S Mansfield | GA | *** 2 FATAL... 10 INJ *** END LOCATION OF DAMAGE FROM A LONG TRACK EF-2 TORNADO THAT BEGAN A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIFFIN GA... THROUGH BUTTS... NEWTON... AND INTO JASPER COUNTIES. |
January 12, 2023 4:15 PM CT | UNK | 1 NE Mayfield | GA | TORNADO SITED 1 MILE NE OF MAYFIELD ON MAYFIELD RD. DEBRIS WAS BLOCKING MAYFIELD RD AFTER TORNADO PASSED. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the January 12, 2023 Macon, GA storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Macon, GA Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Macon, GA region as the January 12, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 3, 2022 through Sep 1, 2022, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 1.50". In this set, the strongest related map reached 1.50", and the most recent map shown is from Sep 1, 2022.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Macon, GA
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