Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8, 1974

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8, 1974
Start: 1974-04-08T11:10
End: 1974-04-08T18:45
Location: Georgia

April 8, 1974 · 19 events in 13 counties and zones

10 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail, 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: $1.3 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

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 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Whitfield

When: April 8, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Whitfield County
Coordinates: 34.770, -84.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Whitfield

When: April 8, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Whitfield County
Coordinates: 34.950, -84.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Dawson

When: April 8, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Dawson County
Coordinates: 34.370, -84.150

Tornado, Hall

When: April 8, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Hall County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.300, -83.830

Hail, Jackson

When: April 8, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.170, -83.420

Thunderstorm Wind,

When: April 8, 2:45 PM CST
Where: County
Coordinates: 34.450, -83.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 8, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Coordinates: 34.170, -83.420

Hail, Bibb

When: April 8, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Bibb County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.820, -83.650

Thunderstorm Wind,

When: April 8, 3:00 PM CST
Where: County
Coordinates: 34.280, -83.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: April 8, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Coordinates: 34.370, -83.230

Hail, Walton

When: April 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Walton County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.780, -83.820

Hail, Walton

When: April 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Walton County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.880, -83.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Walton

When: April 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Walton County
Coordinates: 33.880, -83.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Walton

When: April 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Walton County
Coordinates: 33.780, -83.820

Tornado, Mitchell

When: April 8, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Mitchell County
Rating: F1
Path length: 9.9 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.370, -84.170

Thunderstorm Wind, Glynn

When: April 8, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Glynn County
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Coordinates: 31.180, -81.500

Tornado, Worth

When: April 8, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Worth County
Rating: F1
Path length: 36.4 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.380, -84.000

Tornado, Berrien

When: April 8, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Berrien County
Rating: F1
Path length: 15.8 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.400, -83.380

Tornado, Atkinson

When: April 8, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Atkinson County
Rating: F1
Path length: 30.5 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.420, -83.120

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, Mitchell	1974-04-08				Direct

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

Every storm in Georgia in 1974 Every state in 1974 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Georgia, 1974

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: 9993554, 9993555, 9993556, 9993557, 9993558, 9993559, 9993560, 9993561, 9993562, 9993563, 9993564, 9993565, 9993566, 9993567, 9993568, 9993569, 9993570, 9993571, 9993572.