Tornado, Crawford
- When
- June 27, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.120
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 27, 1972
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- June 27, 7:47 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -83.580
Tornado, Haralson
- When
- June 27, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haralson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- June 27, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -82.400
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- June 27, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Bacon
- When
- June 27, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Bacon County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -82.500
Tornado, Cook
- When
- June 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -83.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lanier
- When
- June 27, 2:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lanier County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -83.180
Tornado, Lowndes
- When
- June 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.980, -83.370
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
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 27, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 1972
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 27, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 27, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 27, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 27, 1972
- Hail in Missouri, June 27, 1972
- Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 1972
- Hail in Iowa, June 27, 1972
- Hail in Tennessee, June 27, 1972
- Hail in South Dakota, June 27, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 27, 1972
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1972Every state in 1972This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1972
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: 9995669, 9995670, 9995671, 9995672, 9995673, 9995674, 9995675, 9995676, 9995677.