Tornado, Dougherty
- When
- May 1, 11:05 AM EST
- Where
- Dougherty County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -84.000
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 1, 1989
8 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $778,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lee
- When
- May 1, 11:18 AM EST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -84.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Dougherty
- When
- May 1, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dougherty County
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -84.250
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- May 1, 12:14 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -83.550
Tornado, Bleckley
- When
- May 1, 12:25 PM EST
- Where
- Bleckley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Worth
- When
- May 1, 11:42 AM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -83.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Dooly
- When
- May 1, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dooly County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -83.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bleckley
- When
- May 1, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Bleckley County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -83.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Dooly
- When
- May 1, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dooly County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -83.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Twiggs
- When
- May 1, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Twiggs County
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- May 1, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -82.800
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- May 1, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -81.280
Tornado, Ware
- When
- May 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ware County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -82.320
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
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1989Warnings in Georgia, May 1989
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: 9994951, 9994952, 9994950, 9994956, 9994957, 9994953, 9994954, 9994955, 9994958, 9994959, 9994960, 9994961, 9994962.