Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 16, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -83.280
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 16, 1976
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- $775,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 16, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- March 16, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -83.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- March 16, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.650
Tornado, Twiggs
- When
- March 16, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Twiggs County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- March 16, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -83.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- March 16, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -82.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- March 16, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -82.980
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- March 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Ware
- When
- March 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -82.480
Tornado, Jenkins
- When
- March 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jenkins County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -82.050
Tornado, Jenkins
- When
- March 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jenkins County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -81.970
Tornado, Pierce
- When
- March 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -82.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- March 16, 10:48 AM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -81.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- March 16, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Glynn
- When
- March 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Glynn County
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -81.500
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 9995489, 9995490, 9995491, 9995492, 9995493, 9995494, 9995495, 9995496, 9995497, 9995498, 9995499, 9995500, 9995501, 9995502, 9995503, 9995504.