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Tornadoes in Georgia

Georgia has recorded 1,977 tornadoes from 1950 through 2025, about 36 per year over the last 30 years. They killed 237 people and injured 4,173. April is the most active month.

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Tornadoes per year

96: 18961897: 22972298: 38983899: 11991100: 28002801: 12011202: 23022303: 27032704: 44044405: 54055406: 21062107: 42074208: 65086509: 56095610: 910911: 39113912: 15121513: 18131814: 30143015: 23152316: 28162817: 1171711718: 24182419: 42194220: 59205921: 47214722: 42224223: 55235524: 32243225: 392539
Georgia tornadoes per year, 1996–2025
50s: 12450s12460s: 18760s18770s: 25970s25980s: 18080s18090s: 23690s23600s: 37200s37210s: 34510s34520s: 27420s274
Tornadoes per decade (the 2020s are partial)

When tornadoes happen in Georgia

Jan: 199Jan199Feb: 147Feb147Mar: 277Mar277Apr: 436Apr436May: 239May239Jun: 121Jun121Jul: 77Jul77Aug: 81Aug81Sep: 86Sep86Oct: 61Oct61Nov: 119Nov119Dec: 134Dec134
Tornadoes by month, 1950–2025
EF0: 620EF0620EF1: 931EF1931EF2: 332EF2332EF3: 74EF374EF4: 11EF411EF5: 0EF5
Tornadoes by (E)F rating

Ratings before February 2007 use the original Fujita (F) scale; later tornadoes use the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. How the EF scale works.

Deadliest tornadoes in Georgia

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
April 27, 2011EF4—48 mi800 yd20335
April 30, 1953F4Houston County1 mi333 yd18300
March 20, 1998F3Hall County4 mi100 yd12171
February 13, 2000F3Mitchell County9.2 mi300 yd11175
January 22, 2017EF3Brooks County24.7 mi700 yd1145
April 3, 1974F4Gordon County29.5 mi200 yd967
March 27, 1994F3Bartow County40 mi2,613 yd970
April 12, 2020EF2Murray County8.9 mi860 yd824
February 13, 2000F3Grady County15 mi300 yd715
April 3, 1974F4Pickens County17.7 mi200 yd630

Strongest tornadoes in Georgia

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
April 27, 2011EF4—48 mi800 yd20335
April 30, 1953F4Houston County1 mi333 yd18300
April 3, 1974F4Gordon County29.5 mi200 yd967
April 3, 1974F4Pickens County17.7 mi200 yd630
November 22, 1992F4Putnam County32 mi867 yd586
April 3, 1974F4—24 mi400 yd426
March 27, 1994F4Floyd County49 mi1,760 yd320
April 5, 2022EF4Bryan County14.4 mi1,300 yd112
March 25, 2021EF4Heard County38.6 mi1,850 yd00
November 22, 1992F4Cobb County20 mi867 yd046

Most recent tornadoes

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
June 25, 2025EF1Upson County3.5 mi200 yd00
June 9, 2025EF1—1.5 mi200 yd00
May 29, 2025EF2Henry County1.8 mi200 yd02
May 27, 2025EF0Carroll County1.6 mi125 yd00
May 27, 2025EF1Coweta County2.7 mi150 yd00
May 27, 2025EF0Carroll County2.6 mi150 yd00
May 25, 2025EF1Gordon County0.3 mi100 yd00
May 25, 2025EF1Gordon County6 mi750 yd00
May 25, 2025EF0Chattooga County3.9 mi250 yd00
May 21, 2025EF1Spalding County10.4 mi300 yd00

Counties with the most tornadoes

CountyTornadoes since 1950Per 1,000 sq mi
Colquitt County41194131627.1
Fulton County40196584440.2
Worth County37167828371.3
Early County36181754386
Laurens County34109120198.3
Cobb County33251382352.9
Coweta County32187936507.9
Hall County32211428571.4
Cherokee County31190712589.1
Chatham County31185427251.7
Meriwether County29149920159.7
Bartow County28157995642.7
Decatur County28121474036.9
Mitchell County28141640625
Spalding County28370000000
Sumter County27144782608.7
Coffee County27118125000
Houston County27185984042.6
Carroll County27140140280.6
Tift County26258007662.8

About this data

Tornado records come from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database of confirmed tornadoes, 1950–2025. Tornadoes that crossed state lines are counted in the state where they began. Counts in the early decades are lower partly because many weak tornadoes went unreported before Doppler radar and storm spotter networks.