Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 30, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -85.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 30, 1971
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dougherty
- When
- April 30, 5:27 AM CST
- Where
- Dougherty County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- April 30, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Grady
- When
- April 30, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grady County
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -84.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- April 30, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -84.000
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- April 30, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -84.170
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- April 30, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 19.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -84.820
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- April 30, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -84.830
Hail, Lowndes
- When
- April 30, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -83.400
Hail, Lanier
- When
- April 30, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Lanier County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -83.180
Hail, Charlton
- When
- April 30, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Charlton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -82.000
Hail, Lanier
- When
- April 30, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lanier County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -83.180
Hail, Ware
- When
- April 30, 3:11 PM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -82.400
Hail, Glynn
- When
- April 30, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Glynn County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -81.400
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 9997587, 9997588, 9997589, 9997590, 9997591, 9997592, 9997593, 9997594, 9997595, 9997596, 9997597, 9997598, 9997599, 9997600.