Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- August 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -81.970
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 1983
3 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rabun
- When
- August 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rabun County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -83.380
Tornado, Habersham
- When
- August 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Habersham County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -83.520
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- August 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -84.300
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 24, 1983
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1983
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: 9993784, 9993785, 9993786, 9993787.