Tornadoes · United States · Georgia

1994 tornadoes in Georgia

52 tornadoes touched down in Georgia in 1994, 100 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 20 people and injured 262. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1993 1995 The whole country in 1994

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Georgia in 1994

March 24 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 247:25 PM ESTF1Troup1.5505$50,000 to $500,000
March 247:50 PM ESTF0Meriwether6.0502$5,000 to $50,000
March 248:00 PM ESTF1Meriwether21.0505$50,000 to $500,000
March 2411:15 PM ESTF0Muscogee0.550$500 to $5,000

March 27 15 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 2712:14 PM ESTF4Bartow49.01,760320$5 million to $50 million
March 2712:55 PM ESTF0Walker1.5501$5,000 to $50,000
March 2712:55 PM ESTF0Walker0.723$500 to $5,000
March 271:15 PM ESTF1Walker1.040$50,000 to $500,000
March 271:17 PM ESTF3Dawson44.02,613345$5 million to $50 million
March 271:30 PM ESTF0Floyd2.5220$5,000 to $50,000
March 272:01 PM ESTF3Bartow40.02,613970$5 million to $50 million
March 272:23 PM ESTF3Lumpkin23.01,320315$500,000 to $5 million
March 272:35 PM ESTF2Bartow2.0440$50,000 to $500,000
March 272:42 PM ESTF0Dawson4.0220$500 to $5,000
March 272:04 PM CSTF3Habersham to SC28.01,76037$500,000 to $5 million
March 276:01 PM ESTF3Polk21.088030$500,000 to $5 million
March 276:04 PM ESTF1Floyd9.3110$50,000 to $500,000
March 277:35 PM ESTF1Haralson2.0220$5,000 to $50,000
March 278:10 PM ESTF0Cobb1.2150$5,000 to $50,000

June 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 166:28 PM EDTF0Dougherty0.320$50 to $500

June 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 184:00 PM EDTF1Murray0.533$50,000 to $500,000

June 25 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 2511:30 AM EDTF0Berrien0.720$500 to $5,000

June 26 9 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 264:30 PM EDTF0Stephens0.320$500 to $5,000
June 265:45 PM EDTF0Taylor0.2201$5,000 to $50,000
June 2611:20 PM EDTF0Hall0.530$500 to $5,000
June 2611:26 PM EDTF1Habersham18.02202$50,000 to $500,000
June 2611:30 PM EDTF2Cobb2.04401$500,000 to $5 million
June 2612:02 AM EDTF1Hall8.01007$500,000 to $5 million
June 2612:45 AM EDTF1Hall4.0200$500,000 to $5 million
June 261:50 AM EDTF0Hall0.550$500 to $5,000
June 261:55 AM EDTF0Polk0.3201$50 to $500

June 27 11 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 272:00 AM EDTF0Hall0.223$50 to $500
June 272:00 AM EDTF1Bartow0.5502$50,000 to $500,000
June 272:15 AM EDTF1Habersham0.750$50,000 to $500,000
June 272:45 AM EDTF0Jackson0.523$500 to $5,000
June 272:45 AM EDTF0Madison0.220$50,000 to $500,000
June 273:15 AM EDTF2Gwinnett8.02001$500,000 to $5 million
June 273:40 AM EDTF1Walton1.0509$50,000 to $500,000
June 276:30 AM EDTF0Walton9.023$50,000 to $500,000
June 277:35 AM EDTF1Oconee2.55013$50,000 to $500,000
June 278:00 AM EDTF1Rockdale10.0733$500,000 to $5 million
June 278:10 AM EDTF2Morgan5.0100$500,000 to $5 million

June 28 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 286:30 PM EDTF1Union1.223$5,000 to $50,000
June 286:45 PM EDTF0Gilmer4.030$50 to $500
June 287:10 PM EDTF1Union16.0150$50,000 to $500,000
June 289:25 PM EDTF0Oconee0.523$500 to $5,000

June 29 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 299:30 AM EDTF0Bartow2.550$5,000 to $50,000
June 2910:00 AM EDTF0Cherokee1.550$5,000 to $50,000

August 16 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 161:39 PM EDTF1Hart1.01001$50,000 to $500,000
August 162:15 PM EDTF2Oglethorpe1.0200$500,000 to $5 million

August 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 272:55 PM EDTF0Walker1.5501$5,000 to $50,000

October 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 211:01 PM EDTF2Camden0.23001$500,000 to $5 million

Nearby

Every tornado in Georgia since 1950Warnings in force in GeorgiaThe live radar over Georgia

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.