Tornado History Map

Stephens County, Georgia tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Stephens County from 1961 to 2020, 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 Stephens County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Stephens County, Georgia between 1961 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is November, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 5 May 1989. The most recent was on 13 April 2020.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 23injuries
  • 671per 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 Stephens County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0217%
F1 / EF1758%
F2 / EF2325%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Stephens County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1970s.1960s21970s41980s11990s22000s12020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s4
1980s1
1990s2
2000s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Nov.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr2May1Jun2Jul1Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov3Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May1
Jun2
Jul1
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov3
Dec1

Records for Stephens County

  • Strongest: Georgia tornado5 May 1989, F2, 15 injuries, 10.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado26 June 1994, F1, 2 injuries, 18 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado13 April 2020, EF1, 8.7 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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