Hail, Muscogee
- When
- January 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 12, 1975
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 16
- Property damage
- $2.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- January 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole
- When
- January 12, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -84.870
Tornado, Seminole
- When
- January 12, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 37.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -84.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- January 12, 12:48 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -83.820
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- January 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 34 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 15 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -84.380
Tornado, Worth
- When
- January 12, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 33.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -84.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Irwin
- When
- January 12, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Irwin County
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Telfair
- When
- January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Telfair County
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -83.070
Tornado, Toombs
- When
- January 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Toombs County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -82.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Emanuel
- When
- January 12, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Emanuel County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -82.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Screven
- When
- January 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Screven County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -81.650
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
Every storm in Georgia in 1975Every state in 1975This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1975
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: 9994638, 9995485, 9995486, 9995698, 9995699, 9995700, 9995701, 9995702, 9995703, 9995704, 9995705, 9995706.