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Date | Time (LST) | F/EF-Scale | Length (Miles) | Maximum Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Source* |
3/27/1882 | 1000 pm | F3 | 25 | 800 | 8 | 40 | n/a | G |
Moved ENE, passing south of Cuthbert to 4m N of Dawson. This tornado may have been continunous with the next event, and may have killed as many as 15 people. A 1912 newspaper recollection noted 12 deaths in tenant homes on 15 plantations in Terrell County alone. Three people were killed in homes at a lumber mill community, 2m N of Brown's Station. |
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3/19/1899 | 300 am | F2 | n/a | 400 | 1 | 15 | n/a | G |
This tornado destroyed tenant homes 6m W of Dawson and south of Spring Place. |
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3/30/1926 | 900 pm | F2 | 5 | 200 | 2 | 6 | $20,000 | G |
At least two farm hands were killed as a half dozen plantations were hit. The funnel touched down between Dover and Herod and moved ENE, passing 4m S of Dawson. Tenant homes were destroyed and the furniture was scattered for miles. |
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4/2/1936 | 530 am | F2 | 5 | 300 | 1 | 15 | $75,000 | G |
Moved NE, passing through Sasser. Tenant homes were leveled SW and NE of town. The death was in a tenant home NE of town. Larger homes were unroofed in Sasser, and debris was scattered all over town. |
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1/17/1943 | 510 pm | F2 | 10 | 50 | 1 | 50 | $75,000 | G |
Moved NE from 6m S of Shellman, passing directly through Graves. About half of the town was damaged. The upper section of the high school was destroyed and many homes were unroofed and ripped apart. An elderly woman was killed in a small home outside town. |
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4/8/1954 | 100 pm | F2 | 5 | 300 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 | G |
Moved E and ESE, passing 4m SW of Dawson. Two homes were unroofed and many acres of timber were leveled. |
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12/5/1954 | 510 pm | F2 | 2.7 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | G, SD, SPC |
Moved ENE through the "Yeomans" community, 4m N of Dawson. Three farms were hit, and one home was destroyed. |
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1/20/1963 | 515 pm | F1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | $2,500,000 | G, SD |
Skipped ENE from Fort Gaines, passing south of Dawson, north of Leesburg, and ending near Warwick. Fifty buildings were damaged and a grain elevator was destroyed. The worst damage was to farms in Clay County, the only area were a clearly defined funnel was seen. About 20 buildings were destroyed by the combined tornado and downburst winds south of Dawson. About 30 farms in that area reported wind damage. |
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4/27/1964 | 900 am | F0 | 1.5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
4/23/1971 | 355 pm | F3 | 3 | 500 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
Moved NE from near Shellman to 6m E of Parrott. Small homes, barns, sheds, grainaries, and silos were destroyed. |
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1/11/1972 | 800 am | F1 | 0.3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
12/31/1973 | 540 pm | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
5/3/1984 | 1010 am | F1 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 1 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
5/21/1990 | 430 pm | F1 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
4/10/2009 | 1124 pm | EF1 | 0.6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 | SD, SPC |
An EF1 tornado touched down just west of County Line Road. It raced eastward across the road and lifted just before crossing State Road 520. Along its brief path, several mobile homes and barns were destroyed, a few frame homes were damaged, and many trees and power lines were toppled. A woman escaped injury when her mobile home was blown off its foundation. |
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2/24/2016 | 1124 pm | EF1 | 5.09 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
Damage along this path was primarily to pine and pecan trees. A portion of the southern end was a focused area of uprooted and snapped mature pines. Much of the tornado track ran along Bobby Locke Road. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated around 90 mph. |
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3/18/2021 | 749 am | EF1 | 3.99 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | SD |
An EF1 tornado touched down in Terrell County. Damage was initially reported along Kirbo Road where there was roof damage to one single family home. Numerous pines in the yard were snapped or uprooted at this residence. Further east on Kirbo Road, additional pine trees were snapped or uprooted. More trees were observed uprooted or snapped along Florida Short Route just to the northeast of Kirbo Road. No structures were damaged in this area. The tornado again snapped or uprooted several trees along Anthony Road . The tornado lifted before reaching US-82. NWS Tallahassee extends our appreciation to Terrell County Emergency Management for their assistance in this damage survey . Max winds were estimated around 90 mph. |
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4/24/2021 | 830 am | EF1 | 0.93 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $0 | SD |
This tornado touched down on Doverel Highway and snapped a few trees. It then moved over an open field before doing extensive tree damage to a property on Herod Dover Road. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted on the property and fell in many different directions . The tornado damaged a few more trees a short distance down the road from this property before lifting. Damage was consistent with an EF1 rating. |
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*Sources |
G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT. |