Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 11, 1995

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 11, 1995
Start: 1995-11-11T11:08
End: 1995-11-11T15:13
Location: Georgia

November 11, 1995 · 12 events in 11 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $561,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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.

The radar

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Decatur

When: November 11, 11:08 AM EST
Where: Decatur County, Bainbridge
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 30.878, -84.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado touched down near Spring Creek and Airport Road causing structural damage to several residences.

Tornado, Grady

When: November 11, 11:30 AM EST
Where: Grady County, Nickleville
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 30.800, -84.320

A tornado blew down many large trees and damaged five residences.

Tornado, Grady

When: November 11, 11:40 AM EST
Where: Grady County, Cairo
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $200,000
Coordinates: 30.880, -84.180

A tornado caused intermittent damage on a track parallel to GA Highway 188. One unoccupied moble home was completely destroyed. Several other frame homes received serious damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colquitt

When: November 11, 12:00 PM EST to 12:30 PM EST
Where: Colquitt County, Countywide
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 31.188, -83.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two Moultrie businesses, a tractor-semitrailer company and a building company, had their roofs blown off and strewn across nearby roads. Trees and power lines were also down in the areas. In Doerun, winds took the roof off of the Mobley Gin and caused damage to at least two other buildings in town.

Tornado, Thomas

When: November 11, 12:10 PM EST
Where: Thomas County, Thomasville
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 30.870, -83.970

A brief tornado blew numerous trees down across GA 202 just south of U.S. 84 in Thomasville. One mobile home was totalled and one car was struck by a tree causing injury to the passenger.

Tornado, Brooks

When: November 11, 12:20 PM EST
Where: Brooks County, Morven
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Property damage: $75,000
Coordinates: 30.930, -83.500

One repair garage was destroyed as a tornado moved across Highway 94. The tornado snapped several pine trees with one falling on a car and another on a house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cook

When: November 11, 12:20 PM EST
Where: Cook County, Countywide
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 31.154, -83.430 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff's office reports trees and power lines down across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes

When: November 11, 12:30 PM EST
Where: Lowndes County, Valdosta
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.834, -83.268 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two houses each had trees blown onto them causing damage according to the sheriffs office.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinch

When: November 11, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Clinch County, Homerville
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 30.915, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines blown down. Home on West Forest Avenue had roof damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ware

When: November 11, 1:36 PM EST
Where: Ware County, Waycross
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 31.054, -82.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large limbs and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When: November 11, 2:33 PM EST
Where: Columbia County, Appling
Coordinates: 33.544, -82.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond

When: November 11, 3:13 PM EST
Where: Richmond County, Augusta
Coordinates: 33.360, -82.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large tree branches down around the Augusta area.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Georgia, 1995 Warnings in Georgia, November 1995

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: 10319272, 10318906, 10318907, 10319585, 10321101, 10319376, 10319594, 10321170, 10319423, 10320802, 10319590, 10321298.