Tornado History Map

Bacon County, Georgia tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Bacon County from 1957 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Bacon County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Bacon County, Georgia between 1957 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is January, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 April 1969. The most recent was on 9 January 2024.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 44injuries
  • 704per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Bacon County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0630%
F1 / EF1840%
F2 / EF2630%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bacon County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s11960s41970s21980s21990s12000s72010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s4
1970s2
1980s2
1990s1
2000s7
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jan.Jan5Feb3Mar3Apr2May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov2Dec4
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan5
Feb3
Mar3
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov2
Dec4

Records for Bacon County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Georgia tornado18 April 1969, F2, 30 injuries, 217.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado9 January 2024, EF1, 7.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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