Tornado History Map

Banks County, Georgia tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Banks County from 1952 to 2021, 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 Banks County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Banks County, Georgia between 1952 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 29 February 1952. The most recent was on 17 August 2021.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 6injuries
  • 516per 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 Banks County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0325%
F1 / EF1542%
F2 / EF2433%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Banks County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in 1970s.1950s11970s21980s11990s22000s22010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Apr.Jan1Feb2Mar0Apr3May3Jun0Jul1Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb2
Mar0
Apr3
May3
Jun0
Jul1
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Banks County

  • Strongest: Georgia tornado29 February 1952, F2, 3 injuries, 9.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado13 April 2020, EF1, 14.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado17 August 2021, EF1, 5.7 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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