Tornado, Upson
- When
- March 21, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Upson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -84.350
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1980
8 tornado, 3 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $8.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
8 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Macon
- When
- March 21, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -83.930
Tornado, Peach
- When
- March 21, 1:12 AM CST
- Where
- Peach County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -83.830
Tornado, Houston
- When
- March 21, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -83.650
Tornado, Houston
- When
- March 21, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -83.680
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- March 21, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -83.620
Tornado, Wilkinson
- When
- March 21, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilkinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -83.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Bleckley
- When
- March 21, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bleckley County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- March 21, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -83.470
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- March 21, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -83.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Telfair
- When
- March 21, 3:34 AM CST
- Where
- Telfair County
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -82.920
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
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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: 9995346, 9995558, 9995559, 9995560, 9995561, 9995562, 9995563, 9995564, 9995565, 9995566, 9995567.