Hail, Richmond
- When
- May 12, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -82.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 12, 1971
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Muscogee
- When
- May 12, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- May 12, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -84.900
Tornado, Harris
- When
- May 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -84.870
Tornado, Jenkins
- When
- May 12, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jenkins County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -81.950
Hail, Screven
- When
- May 12, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Screven County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -81.500
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 12, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- May 12, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Bleckley
- When
- May 12, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bleckley County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Coweta
- When
- May 12, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Coweta County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -84.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cobb
- When
- May 12, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cobb County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 12, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -84.400
Hail, Clarke
- When
- May 12, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 12, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -84.400
Tornado, Coffee
- When
- May 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -82.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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: 9994499, 9994500, 9994501, 9994502, 9994503, 9994504, 9994505, 9994506, 9994507, 9994508, 9994509, 9994510, 9994511, 9994512, 9994513.