Georgia Tornadoes

The Glossary of Meteorology defines a tornado as "A violently
rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a
cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not
always) visible as a funnel cloud."

Below you will find a list of the tornadoes that had an impact on areas of
Georgia, oldest first. I will add information about each incident as I
learn more. If anyone has any data or photos regarding these tornadoes
they would like to donate to this project, please email me.

15 - 20 March 1875
12:40 PM
25+ dead, 65+ injured
*There seems to have been 3 tornadoes that touched down in several counties. Those mentioned in local newspapers: Baldwin, Bibb, Chattahoochee, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Harris, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, McDuffie, Monroe, Talbot, Twiggs, Upson, Warren, and Wilkinson. To read accounts of the destruction from the Atlanta Daily Constitution, click here.


Tornado
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19 February 1884
2:00 PM
22 dead, 100 injured
*Most deaths occurred south of Jasper, Pickens County, near Cagle and Tate. Large homes were swept away.

1 June 1903
12:45 PM
98 dead, 180 injured
*Gainsville Cotton Mill and nearby village in Hall County affected.
**One of the 25 deadliest in US history.


Tornado Watch
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23-24 April 1908
Sixteen killer tornadoes struck from Texas to Georgia, resulting in 320 deaths. It became known as the Dixie Outbreak. At one point, a single tornado was 2 miles wide.
*Atlanta, Rome affected. To read accounts of the destruction from the Atlanta Constitution, click here.

28 March 1920
5:45 PM
27 dead, 100 injured
*LaGrange and Troup counties affected.

10 February 1921
12:30 PM
31 dead, 100 injured
*An entire section of a lumber mill village of Gardner, Washington County literally vanished.


Tornado in Monument Valley
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25 April 1929
10:00 PM
40 dead, 300 injured
*Bulloch County, just north of Statesboro affected.

21-22 March 1932
Ten violent tornadoes smashed through Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, costing 330 lives.

2 April 1936
7:30 PM
23 dead, 500 injured
*Cordele, Crisp County affected.


Lightning Over City
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6 April 1936
8:27 AM
203 dead, 1600 injured
*Gainesville, Hall County affected.
**One of the 25 deadliest in US history.
More about this tornado...

30 April 1953
5:10 PM
19 dead, 300 injured
*Warner Robins, Houston County and Dry Branch, Twiggs County affected. A tornado touched down on South Pleasant Hill Road and South Davis Drive, as well as cut a path across Warner Robins Air Force Base (in Houston County), before crossing the Ocmulgee River and into Dry Branch in Twiggs County. Eighteen people were killed and hundreds were injured in Warner Robins.


Bad Luck - Lightning
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13 March 1954
10:00 PM
5 dead, 75 injured
*Roberta, Knoxville, Lizella, Macon affected.

25 December 1964
11:59 PM
2 dead, 16 injured
*Jones County affected.

3 April 1974
6:40 PM
9 dead, 54 injured
*Homes were leveled at sugar alley and the northwest edge of Resaca; 7 died in the Sugar Hill area.


Electric Storm
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3 April 1974
7:30 PM
6 dead, 30 injured
*Ball Ground, Yellow Creek, Juno affected.

18 February 1975
3:08 PM
2 dead, 50 injured
*Peach County affected: a tornado came down the center of Main Street in Fort Valley, ripping the fronts off most of the buildings.

24 March 1975
6:28 AM
3 dead, 152 injured
*Atlanta affected.

8 November 1989
4:35 PM
1 dead, 8 injured
*Wilcox County affected.

27-28 March 1994
Afternoon and evening tornadoes ravage Georgia and Carolina, killing 42 and injuring 320.

20 March 1998
6:20 AM
12 dead, 171 injured
*Hall County affected.

9 April 1998
5:35 AM
4 dead, 31 injured
*Rye Path, Long County and Fort Stewart affected.

13 February 2000
11:09 PM
11 dead, 100 injured
*Camilla affected.

14 February 2000
6 dead, 30 injured
*Meigs affected.


Tornado
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