Tornadoes in Georgia, March 31, 1961

Name: Tornadoes in Georgia, March 31, 1961
Start: 1961-03-31T07:10
End: 1961-03-31T13:20
Location: Georgia

March 31, 1961 · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

10 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: 1
Injuries: 15
Property damage: $2.6 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

10 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Schley

When: March 31, 7:10 AM CST
Where: Schley County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.230, -84.300

Tornado, Dooly

When: March 31, 7:20 AM CST
Where: Dooly County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 14 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.250, -83.730

Tornado, Pulaski

When: March 31, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 17 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.320, -83.420

Tornado, Houston

When: March 31, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Houston County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.620, -83.680

Tornado, Bleckley

When: March 31, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Bleckley County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 23 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.400, -83.350

Tornado, Laurens

When: March 31, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Laurens County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.450, -82.950

Tornado, Worth

When: March 31, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Worth County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.530, -83.830

Tornado, Tattnall

When: March 31, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Tattnall County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.000, -81.900

Tornado, Muscogee

When: March 31, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Muscogee County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.450, -84.980

Tornado, Charlton

When: March 31, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Charlton County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 30.830, -82.000

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, Dooly	1961-03-31				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

Every storm in Georgia in 1961 Every state in 1961 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Georgia, 1961

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: 9995461, 9995462, 9995463, 9995464, 9995465, 9995466, 9995467, 9995468, 9995469, 9995470.