Tornadoes · United States · Georgia

2022 tornadoes in Georgia

42 tornadoes touched down in Georgia in 2022, 61 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 15. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

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

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

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

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

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

  3. EF2111 to 135 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. EF3136 to 165 mph

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

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

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

  6. EF5over 200 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 2022

January 2 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 25:27 PM ESTEF0Wilcox0.5100
January 27:00 PM ESTEF0Toombs0.4100

March 9 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 96:48 AM ESTEF0Stewart1.175

March 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 232:53 PM EDTEF0Echols0.525

April 5 22 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 52:04 PM EDTEF1Chattahoochee6.7300
April 52:29 PM EDTEF1Taylor3.0150
April 52:50 PM EDTEF1Taylor7.2300
April 53:01 PM EDTEF1Macon17.3250
April 53:07 PM EDTEF1Crawford8.8200
April 53:15 PM EDTEF1Early4.950
April 53:15 PM EDTEF1Early7.150$50,000
April 53:26 PM EDTEF2Dooly5.8300
April 53:33 PM EDTEF1Bibb2.0100
April 53:49 PM EDTEF3Houston3.98203
April 53:51 PM EDTEF0Baker0.625
April 54:01 PM EDTEF0Baldwin1.7150
April 54:11 PM EDTEF1Twiggs12.3400
April 54:12 PM EDTEF1Mitchell8.150$100,000
April 54:14 PM EDTEF1Bleckley7.6125
April 54:20 PM EDTEF0Wilcox9.4200
April 55:10 PM EDTEF0Treutlen0.9100
April 55:17 PM EDTEF1Treutlen0.8200
April 55:18 PM EDTEF4Pembroke–Black Creek tornado14.41,300112
April 55:22 PM EDTEF1Emanuel6.2150
April 55:27 PM EDTEF0Emanuel0.750
April 56:30 PM EDTEF1Bleckley1.8250

April 6 11 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 63:29 PM EDTEF1Lee3.4100$100,000
April 67:14 PM EDTEF0Brooks11.1200
April 67:45 PM EDTEF0Bleckley3.6100
April 67:52 PM EDTEF1Laurens4.9150
April 67:53 PM EDTEF1Laurens16.4200
April 68:22 PM EDTEF1Emanuel15.8500
April 68:22 PM EDTEF1Johnson8.4500
April 68:39 PM EDTEF1Bleckley11.4150
April 69:12 PM EDTEF1Thomas7.9300$60,000
April 611:17 PM EDTUnratedColquitt10.625
April 611:36 PM EDTEF1Thomas1.6200$100,000

April 7 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 75:50 AM EDTEF1Turner0.375$100,000

October 12 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 129:55 PM EDTEF0Telfair0.4100

November 30 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 309:26 AM ESTEF0Colquitt0.025$5,000
November 309:38 AM ESTUnratedColquitt0.025

December 15 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 155:27 AM ESTEF2Colquitt2.0280$1.0 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.