Tornadoes in Georgia, March 13, 1954

Name: Tornadoes in Georgia, March 13, 1954
Start: 1954-03-13T20:45
End: 1954-03-13T22:00
Location: Georgia

March 13, 1954 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

8 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 8
Injuries: 100
Property damage: $33 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

8 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Chattahoochee

When: March 13, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Chattahoochee County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.1 mi
Path width: 600 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 20 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 32.350, -85.020

Tornado, Taylor

When: March 13, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Rating: F3
Path length: 18.1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.530, -84.370

Tornado, Taylor

When: March 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.600, -84.180

Tornado, Taylor

When: March 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Taylor County
Rating: F1
Path length: 12.6 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.570, -84.070

Tornado, Houston

When: March 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Houston County
Rating: F1
Path length: 18.5 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.630, -83.870

Tornado, Crawford

When: March 13, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Crawford County
Rating: F3
Path length: 15.9 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.670, -84.100

Tornado, Twiggs

When: March 13, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Twiggs County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.650, -83.550

Tornado, Bibb

When: March 13, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Bibb County
Rating: F3
Path length: 15.5 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Deaths: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 50 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.780, -83.870

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Houston	1954-03-13				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 1954$25,000 · F3 · 1 event

Every storm in Georgia in 1954 Every state in 1954 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Georgia, 1954

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10001462, 10001463, 10001464, 10001465, 10001466, 10001467, 10001468, 10001469.