Tornado, Turner
- When
- August 24, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -83.630
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 1968
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- August 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -84.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Gwinnett
- When
- August 24, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gwinnett County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -84.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- August 24, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -83.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Oglethorpe
- When
- August 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oglethorpe County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -83.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- August 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -84.280
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 24, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 24, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 24, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 24, 1968
More
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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: 9994176, 9994177, 9994178, 9994179, 9994180, 9994181, 9994182.