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| Date | Time (LST) | F/EF-Scale | Length (Miles) | Maximum Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Source* |
| 9/7/1900 | n/a | F2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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A furniture store was destroyed and a home was unroofed during this brief touchdown at Doe Run. A hurricane was off the Gulf coast of Florida at the time. |
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| 3/5/1919 | 500 pm | F2 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 2 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE, destroying tenant homes near "Princeville," north of Moultrie. |
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| 4/30/1924 | n/a | F3 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE near Ellenton, destroying several homes. All that remained of one 11-room home was the central hallway, where the family had taken shelter. |
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| 4/1/1948 | 1100 am | F2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | G |
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Moved NE, 3m S of Moultrie, unroofing two homes and destroying a barn. |
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| 5/23/1951 | 430 pm | F2 | 9.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 1/22/1952 | 805 am | F2 | 7 | 350 | 0 | 8 | $250,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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Moved NE, striking Sale City and passing through Poplar Arbor. Six homes, a church, and 12 barns were destroyed. Many farm animals were killed in the barns. |
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| 4/5/1957 | 830 am | F0 | 13.7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 6/5/1957 | 300 pm | F0 | 2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 4/6/1958 | 700 am | F1 | 4.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 4/27/1964 | 900 am | F1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 2/28/1966 | 945 am | F1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 5/7/1967 | 1030 am | F1 | 0.2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 2/7/1971 | 900 am | F1 | 13.8 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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Moved NE at Autreyville. Several homes were damaged and shifted. Many barns were swept away, and several trailers were overturned. |
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| 3/3/1971 | 1030 am | F1 | 4.1 | 400 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 8/13/1976 | 434 pm | F1 | 0.8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 4/18/1978 | 1230 pm | F1 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 12/5/1983 | 815 pm | F1 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 3 | n/a | SD, SPC |
| 4/22/1984 | 710 pm | F1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
| 5/10/1988 | 525 pm | F0 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | n/a | SD, SPC |
| 10/1/1989 | 1130 am | F2 | 10 | 100 | 2 | 12 | $2,500,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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A tornado moved SW of Moultrie, passed through the Funston community, hitting a trailer park. Nine trailers were destroyed. Both deaths and all injuries were in the park. Further along the track a church was "totally demolished" and eight frame homes were destroyed. Several cars were crushed by falling trees. |
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| 5/13/1993 | 100 pm | F0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | SD, SPC |
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A weak tornado observed by several farmers, briefly touched down near Bay and skipped northeast over Funston before receding. Damage was minimal with a couple of tin roofs removed off sheds and several pine trees toppled. |
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| 3/6/1996 | 549 pm | F0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado apparently touched down causing damage to some buildings in the Indian Lakes and Bear Lakes subdivisions. |
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| 9/29/1998 | 315 pm | F1 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 1 | $550,000 | SD, SPC |
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An F1 tornado touched down at the intersection of GA 133 and South Morris Rd near Autreyville. One man was injured when his mobile home was blown into a ditch. Another mobile was destroyed. Several trees and power lines were toppled. The tornado destroyed one chicken farm and damaged another, and caused minor roof damage to a few houses. |
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| 2/14/2000 | 121 am | F1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado touched down just west of Moultrie and tracked northeast. One home was damaged on Hartsfield Road just north of Moultrie. Numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
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| 2/14/2000 | 139 am | F1 | 1 | 200 | 1 | 0 | $500,000 | SD, SPC |
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A strong tornado tore through extreme northeast Colquitt County near Crosland toppling trees and power lines before it moved into extreme southwest Tift County. Several mobile homes were damaged. One woman was killed in a mobile home just northeast of Crosland when a large tree and another mobile home were blown against her home. Colquitt County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by a amateur radio operator and the Colquitt County EMA. F43MH |
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| 7/1/2003 | 500 pm | F0 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 | SD, SPC |
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A weak tornado touched down just southwest of Hartsfield. It downed several trees and power lines, and destroyed a few mobile homes. Three barns were damaged. A truck was totaled by a fallen tree. A trampoline was wrapped around a pine tree. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
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| 3/22/2005 | 310 pm | F1 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 | SD, SPC |
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The tornado, which crossed into Colquitt County from Mitchell County, caused minor damage to some homes along Highway 37. Several downed trees blocked the highway just east of the county line. Two chicken houses on Bryant Road sustained minor roof damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed County Road 202, toppling trees and utility poles, and dissipated near Moss Lake. The storm survey was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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| 1/13/2006 | 415 pm | F1 | 9.6 | 100 | 0 | 1 | $2,000,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado touched down along Perry Batts Road near Norman Park and traveled northeast. It destroyed two chicken houses at the International Poultry Breeders, killing 5,000 chickens and condemning another 15,000. The tornado sideswiped a restaurant, but snapped off several large pines around the building. One tree fell through the roof. A small shelter on the property was destroyed. Over open fields, several metal sheds were damaged or destroyed, and irrigation pivots were overturned. Five homes were destroyed, eight received heavy damage, and seven sustained moderate damage. Many power poles were toppled. A man suffered scratches to his left arm after part of the ceiling of his mobile home collapsed on him. The tornado lifted over Lanyer Sumner Road near the Colquitt-Cook county line. Damage survey provided by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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| 3/31/2009 | 512 pm | EF0 | 0.1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | n/a | SD, SPC |
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A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
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| 3/9/2011 | 210 pm | EF0 | 0.4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 | SD, SPC |
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A brief tornado touchdown occurred in northwest Colquitt county just north of Doerun near Georgia Highway 133. Three individuals observed the tornado touching down in a field and remaining on the ground for around one-half mile. The tornado knocked over a few trees and power lines and did minor damage to one barn before lifting. Maximum winds were estimated around 70 mph. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. A strong upper level trough and associated surface cold front moved through area. Strong to severe storms accompanied it and produced some straight line wind damage across the area. A weak tornado also occurred. |
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| 2/24/2012 | 142 pm | EF0 | 3.75 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | SD, SPC |
| A weak tornado touched down in the vicinity of Ellenton Omega Road and traveled northeastward a short distance while skipping up and down before lifting permanently near the Colquitt/Cook county border. Damage to barns, trees down, pivots destroyed, and some roof damage to homes was reported. Most of the damage from this tornado was on Sharon Church Rd, South Powell Rd, Ellenton Omega Rd, Buddy Baker Rd, St. Paul Church Rd, Albert Brady Rd, and Lawyer Sumner Rd. Maximum winds were estimated around 80 mph. Monetary damage was estimated. | ||||||||
| 11/1/2015 | 443 pm | EF0 | 0.03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 | SD |
| This tornado produced minor damage to vinyl siding and metal roofing to one home about 0.7 miles NW of Hamilton Elementary School. No other damage was reported. The Doerun police also reported a funnel cloud in the vicinity occasionally rising and dropping. This tornado was rated EF0 with max winds around 65 mph. Damage cost was estimated. | ||||||||
| 4/14/2019 | 143 pm | EF1 | 5.04 | 180 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 | SD |
| A tornado touched down just west of Tallokas Road in Colquitt County , damaging a home and some hardwood trees, lofting debris to the tops of nearby trees. The tornado continued northeastward damaging a second home and a substantial amount of nearby softwood trees, which were snapped and felled in a convergent pattern. Additional sporadic soft and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, including damage to a third home, before the tornado lifting north of State Highway 133 in Colquitt County. Max winds were estimated at 110 mph. Damage was estimated. | ||||||||
| 4/23/2020 | 1134 am | EF1 | 23.25 | 650 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 | SD |
| This long-track tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm that spawned a tornado in upstream Pelham, GA. The tornado touched down south of Moultrie, GA just west of U.S. 319 and produced damage consistent with EF-1 winds through most of its long track. Most of the damage was in the form of snapped or uprooted trees. As the tornado crossed GA route 133, it caused significant damage to a warehouse at the Farmer's Gin and Peanut Company. The tornado reached its maximum intensity of 110 mph, which is just shy of EF-2, at the east end of Pike Creek Turf Circle. Here it snapped many large pine trees at their base. The tornado caused some minor roof damage to a home on McConnell Bridge Road before flipping a small plane upside down at the Cook County Airport. The tornado crossed I-75 at the Adel, GA exit damaging several billboards and tall signs . In downtown Adel, the tornado ripped off large sections of two warehouses on 3rd Street belonging to the Adel Ice Company. Many trees were toppled onto homes in the vicinity of East 9th and 10th Streets. Winds were estimated to be 95-100 mph in Adel. The tornado continued eastward snapping a few trees on GA Highway 37 East and in the Indian Creek Road subdivision. The tornado then snapped trees on Register Road and significantly damaged a large shed before lifting. It should be noted that a large swath of straight-line wind damage occurred to the south of the tornado track along much of its length from the Langdale Parkway in Colquitt County through Cecil, GA and eastward into northwestern Lanier County. These winds were estimated to be 90-95 mph in Cecil. | ||||||||
| 12/30/2021 | 316 pm | EF1 | 3.82 | 150 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 | SD |
| The tornado touched down December 30 off of Culbertson Road, west of Hopewell Church Road and initially uprooted and snapped multiple trees. The tornado continued to track northeast and resulted in roof and siding damage to several homes and buildings. In addition, multiple small outbuildings were destroyed and a camper rolled over. After it moved east of State Highway 133, the tornado tore much of the roof off of a single family home . The tornado continued east and eventually lifted near Sardis Church Road. In total, the tornado was on the ground for approximately 3.86 miles. An NWS survey determined the tornado was an EF-1 with maximum winds of 105 mph. | ||||||||
| 4/6/2022 | 617 pm | EFU | 7.14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
| This tornado was confirmed via video on social media and photo from emergency management. Other than a few trees down, no damage of note has been reported from this tornado, which passed through mostly farmland and unpopulated rural areas of Colquitt, Worth, and Tift counties. Therefore, the rating is left as EF Unknown. The location and time is estimated from the video, photos, and radar data. | ||||||||
| 11/30/2022 | 926 am | EF0 | 0.04 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | SD |
| Minor damage occurred to a barn from a brief EF0 tornado. | ||||||||
| 11/30/2022 | 938 am | EFU | 0.01 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
| A brief tornado touched down in a field with no damage reported. | ||||||||
| 12/15/2022 | 527 am | EF2 | 1.96 | 280 | 0 | 0 | $1,000,000 | SD |
| A tornado touched down in a field southwest of Doerun in Colquitt County and began to progress north northeast . The first damage occurred just north of the intersection of Mt. Sinai Road and Culbreth Road, where it caused roof and tree damage to a mobile home consistent with a high end EF-1. After hitting the mobile home, the tornado moved near the intersection of West Highway 270 and Herman Simmons Road where it would snap and uproot many trees resulting in high end EF-1 damage. It would then uproot a couple large oak trees and cause roof damage to a single family home consistent with EF-1 damage. The tornado would then continue to cross West Highway 270 where it would cause significant damage to a cotton gin facility. This was the maximum damage along the path, consistent with EF-2 intensity with max winds estimated near 120 mph. The tornado would then weaken rapidly as it continued northeast, uprooting and snapping more pine trees before dissipating in a field before the intersection of Ticknor Road and North Highway 133. | ||||||||
| *Sources |
G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT. |
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