Rockdale County, Georgia tornado history

8 tornadoes recorded in or across Rockdale County from 1973 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 Rockdale County

The Storm Prediction Center records 8 tornadoes whose paths touched Rockdale County, Georgia between 1973 and 2024. They killed 2 people and injured 103. The busiest month is October, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 31 March 1973. The most recent was on 2 April 2024.

  • 8tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 103injuries
  • 616per 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 Rockdale County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF000%
F1 / EF1338%
F2 / EF2563%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Rockdale County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1980s.1970s11980s41990s12000s12020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1980s4
1990s1
2000s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May2Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Rockdale County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: Georgia tornado31 March 1973, F2, 2 deaths, 100 injuries, 72.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado2 April 2024, EF2, 9.5 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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