Tornadoes · United States · Georgia

Tornadoes in Coweta County, Georgia

33 tornadoes have crossed Coweta County since 1950, 7th of the 158 counties in Georgia with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.3 years. They have killed 1 person and injured 44. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

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

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

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

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

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

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

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

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

Now

Tornadoes
33
Deaths
1
Injuries
44
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
EF4, March 25, 2021

The deadliest in Coweta County

  1. F2, Chambers, Randolph, Heard and Coweta counties, Alabama and GeorgiaMarch 5, 19891 killed, 6 injured

The strongest

  1. EF4 Newnan–Peachtree City tornado, GeorgiaMarch 25, 2021EF4, 38.6 mi (62 km)
  2. F3, Coweta County, GeorgiaMarch 5, 1989F3, 14.0 mi (23 km)
  3. F3, Coweta County, GeorgiaApril 2, 1970F3, 0.3 mi (0 km)
  4. F2, Chambers, Randolph, Heard and Coweta counties, Alabama and GeorgiaMarch 5, 1989F2, 45.5 mi (73 km)
  5. EF2, Coweta and Spalding counties, GeorgiaFebruary 18, 2009EF2, 20.4 mi (33 km)
  6. F2, Coweta and Fulton counties, GeorgiaNovember 15, 1989F2, 7.0 mi (11 km)
  7. F2, Coweta and Fulton counties, GeorgiaNovember 15, 1989F2, 4.0 mi (6 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 23 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Coweta County. Each year links to every tornado in Georgia that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20253EF1
20242EF1
20231EF0
20211EF4
20202EF0
20191EF1
20171EF1
20151EF1
20131EF0
20121EF1
201121EF1
20091EF2
20073Unrated
20051F0
20031F0
19894143F3
19831F1
19821F1
19791F0
19741F1
19711F0
19701F3
19621F1

Every tornado that crossed Coweta County

33 tornadoes, newest first. 1 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files it under that state rather than Georgia.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 27, 20253:08 AM EDTEF1Coweta2.6150
April 7, 20257:22 AM EDTEF1Fayette13.9250
March 31, 202512:32 PM EDTEF0Coweta5.0250
December 29, 20244:22 AM ESTEF0Meriwether3.2100$100,000
May 27, 20248:23 AM EDTEF1Coweta3.5100
January 3, 20235:42 PM ESTEF0Coweta0.6150
March 25, 202111:37 PM EDTEF4Newnan–Peachtree City tornado38.61,850$21 million
October 10, 20206:18 PM EDTEF0Coweta1.090$50,000
October 10, 20206:12 PM EDTEF0Coweta0.390$100,000
February 24, 20194:33 AM ESTEF1Coweta2.0150$400,000
April 5, 201712:03 PM EDTEF1Coweta4.0350$20,000
November 18, 20154:48 PM ESTEF1Coweta0.2200$50,000
April 28, 20131:30 PM EDTEF0Coweta0.150$60,000
January 21, 201212:10 PM ESTEF1Coweta1.0200$10,000
December 22, 20115:44 PM ESTEF1Coweta1.1100$150,000
April 27, 201110:45 PM EDTEF1Troup17.01001$1.8 million
February 18, 20098:30 PM ESTEF2Coweta20.41,760$1.3 million
January 7, 20076:39 PM ESTUnratedCoweta4.1200$350,000
January 5, 200711:00 AM ESTUnratedCoweta1.7200$45,000
January 5, 200710:05 AM ESTUnratedCoweta5.4200$250,000
July 6, 20059:00 PM EDTF0Coweta0.150$1,000
May 7, 20036:32 PM EDTF0Coweta0.125$1,000
November 15, 19896:45 PM ESTF2Coweta7.030014$500,000 to $5 million
November 15, 19896:25 PM ESTF2Coweta4.0300$500,000 to $5 million
March 5, 19899:12 PM ESTF3Coweta14.012023$5 million to $50 million
March 5, 19897:40 PM CSTF2Chambers to GA45.516716$500,000 to $5 million
November 20, 19831:45 PM ESTF1Coweta5.0100$5,000 to $50,000
July 8, 19827:50 PM EDTF1Coweta0.3100$5,000 to $50,000
July 12, 197911:45 AM EDTF0Coweta0.150$500 to $5,000
March 29, 19746:10 AM EDTF1Coweta0.533$500 to $5,000
February 26, 19714:17 PM ESTF0Coweta0.5100$5,000 to $50,000
April 2, 19703:25 AM ESTF3Coweta0.3100$5,000 to $50,000
November 21, 19624:00 PM GMT-5F1Coweta1.033$5,000 to $50,000

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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.