Tornado History Map

Paulding County, Georgia tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Paulding County from 1956 to 2025, 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 Paulding County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Paulding County, Georgia between 1956 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 23. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 2 March 2012. The most recent was on 15 March 2025.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 23injuries
  • 320per 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 Paulding County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0220%
F1 / EF1440%
F2 / EF2220%
F3 / EF3220%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Paulding County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1970s.1950s11970s31980s22000s12010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s3
1980s2
2000s1
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar2Apr4May0Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr4
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Paulding County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Alabama tornado3 April 1974, F2, 1 death, 20 injuries, 65.9 miles long
  • Strongest: Georgia tornado2 March 2012, EF3, 1 injury, 29 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado15 March 2025, EF1, 11.6 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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