Tornado, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -84.900
Tornado and Hail in Georgia, August 17, 1989
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -84.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -84.750
Hail, Bibb
- When
- August 17, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- August 17, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -83.550
Hail, Bibb
- When
- August 17, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Meriwether
- When
- August 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meriwether County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -84.670
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 17, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 17, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 17, 1989
- Tornado in Florida, August 17, 1989
More
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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: 9997224, 9997225, 9997226, 9997227, 9997228, 9997229, 9997230.