Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- March 29, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -85.380
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 29, 1991
64 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- 28
- Property damage
- $51 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 72
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
64 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- March 29, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- March 29, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -85.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- March 29, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -85.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- March 29, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Paulding County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -84.830
Tornado, Taylor
- When
- March 29, 7:05 AM EST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.250
Tornado, Upson
- When
- March 29, 7:12 AM EST
- Where
- Upson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -84.230
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- March 29, 7:15 AM EST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -84.770
Tornado, Cobb
- When
- March 29, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Cobb County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -84.650
Hail, Carroll
- When
- March 29, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -84.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -84.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- March 29, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -84.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- March 29, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -84.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 29, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Talbot County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 29, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Talbot County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -84.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- March 29, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -84.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- March 29, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -84.400
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- March 29, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -84.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Gwinnett
- When
- March 29, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Gwinnett County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -83.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Troup
- When
- March 29, 8:41 AM CST
- Where
- Troup County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -85.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 29, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -83.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Chattahoochee
- When
- March 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- March 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -84.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- March 29, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -83.720
Tornado, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 10:05 AM EST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Chattahoochee
- When
- March 29, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -84.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Meriwether
- When
- March 29, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Meriwether County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -84.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 29, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Talbot County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- March 29, 9:43 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -84.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- March 29, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -83.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Chattahoochee
- When
- March 29, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -84.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 29, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -83.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- March 29, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- March 29, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -83.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- March 29, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- March 29, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -83.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- March 29, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- March 29, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -83.530
Hail, Peach
- When
- March 29, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Peach County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -83.750
Hail, Houston
- When
- March 29, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -83.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.100, -82.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -84.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -84.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Twiggs
- When
- March 29, 12:08 PM CST
- Where
- Twiggs County
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkinson
- When
- March 29, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkinson County
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -83.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- March 29, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -84.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -84.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 29, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -84.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Chattahoochee
- When
- March 29, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -84.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Chattahoochee
- When
- March 29, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chattahoochee County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -85.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Talbot County
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -84.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscogee
- When
- March 29, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Muscogee County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- March 29, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -82.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Colquitt
- When
- March 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Colquitt County
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -83.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Jeff Davis
- When
- March 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jeff Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -82.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- March 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -82.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- March 29, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -82.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Atkinson
- When
- March 29, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Atkinson County
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -82.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Toombs
- When
- March 29, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Toombs County
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -82.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- March 29, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -83.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Tattnall
- When
- March 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tattnall County
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -82.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Appling
- When
- March 29, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Appling County
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -82.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Bryan
- When
- March 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -81.330
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 29, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 29, 1991
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: 10007550, 10007551, 10007552, 10007553, 10007554, 10007558, 10007559, 10007560, 10007562, 10007555, 10007556, 10007557, 10007561, 10007563, 10007564, 10007565, 10007566, 10007567, 10007568, 10007569, 10007570, 10007571, 10007572, 10007573, 10007574, 10007575, 10007576, 10007577, 10007578, 10007585, 10007579, 10007580, 10007581, 10007582, 10007583, 10007584, 10007586, 10007587, 10007588, 10007589, and more.