EF4 Tornadoes in Georgia

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...PAST EF4/F4 TORNADOES IN GEORGIA...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF4
TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 175 MPH OCCURRED IN CATOOSA COUNTY AS PART
OF THE HISTORIC APRIL 27-28 2011 OUTBREAK. EF4 TORNADOES ARE VERY
RARE IN GEORGIA. INCLUDING THIS EVENT...ONLY NINE EF4/F4
TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN GEORGIA SINCE 1950.

DATE        COUNTIES AFFECTED FATALITIES    INJURIES

04/27/2011 CATOOSA            7             30
05/11/2008 MCINTOSH           0             9
03/27/1994 FLOYD/BARTOW/      3             UNKNOWN
            CHEROKEE/PICKENS
11/22/1992 CHEROKEE/COBB      0             46
11/22/1992 PUTNAM/GREENE      5             86
04/03/1974 GORDON/WHITFIELD/ 9             67
            MURRAY
04/03/1974 PICKENS/DAWSON/    6             30
            LUMPKIN
04/03/1974 FANNIN             0             0
04/30/1953 HOUSTON            18            300