Tornado, Gilmer
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gilmer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -84.480
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 18, 1976
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -85.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- February 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -84.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- February 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -84.430
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 18, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 18, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 18, 1976
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1976
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: 9996898, 9996899, 9996900, 9994424, 9994425.