Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- March 21, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -85.250
Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1974
46 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 46
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
46 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Troup
- When
- March 21, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Troup County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- March 21, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -85.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Coweta
- When
- March 21, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Coweta County
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -84.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 21, 3:36 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Coweta
- When
- March 21, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Coweta County
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -84.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 21, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Talbot County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -84.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- March 21, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -84.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- March 21, 3:43 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -84.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Upson
- When
- March 21, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Upson County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -84.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Spalding
- When
- March 21, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Spalding County
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -84.270
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- March 21, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -84.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 21, 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -84.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- March 21, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -83.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- March 21, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -84.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Walton
- When
- March 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Walton County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -83.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Barrow
- When
- March 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Barrow County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -83.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -83.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- March 21, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- March 21, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- March 21, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -83.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- March 21, 4:34 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- March 21, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -84.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- March 21, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- March 21, 4:36 AM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -83.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- March 21, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Oglethorpe
- When
- March 21, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Oglethorpe County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -83.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- March 21, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -83.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- March 21, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -83.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Elbert
- When
- March 21, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Elbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -82.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- March 21, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -83.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- March 21, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -82.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- March 21, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -82.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- March 21, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -82.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 21, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -82.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- March 21, 5:25 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -82.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- March 21, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -82.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- March 21, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -81.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 21, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -82.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- March 21, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -82.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Emanuel
- When
- March 21, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Emanuel County
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -82.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- March 21, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -82.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Treutlen
- When
- March 21, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Treutlen County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -82.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Screven
- When
- March 21, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Screven County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -81.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 21, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -81.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- March 21, 8:52 AM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -82.350
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, March 21, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 21, 1974
- Hail in Delaware, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 21, 1974
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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: 9993476, 9993477, 9993478, 9993479, 9993480, 9993481, 9993482, 9993483, 9993484, 9993485, 9993486, 9993487, 9993488, 9993489, 9993490, 9993491, 9993492, 9993493, 9993494, 9993495, 9993496, 9993497, 9993498, 9993499, 9993500, 9993501, 9993502, 9993503, 9993504, 9997749, 9993507, 9997750, 9993508, 9993509, 9993510, 9993511, 9993512, 9993513, 9993514, 9993515, and more.