Tornado History Map

Walton County, Georgia tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Walton County from 1961 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 Walton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Walton County, Georgia between 1961 and 2021. They killed 4 people and injured 177. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 28 May 1973. The most recent was on 3 May 2021.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 4deaths
  • 177injuries
  • 520per 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 Walton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0424%
F1 / EF1847%
F2 / EF2424%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Walton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1960s41970s31990s62000s12010s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1960s4
1970s3
1990s6
2000s1
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr2May3Jun7Jul0Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr2
May3
Jun7
Jul0
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Walton County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Georgia tornado31 March 1973, F2, 2 deaths, 100 injuries, 72.4 miles long
  • Strongest: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia tornado28 May 1973, F3, 1 death, 65 injuries, 18.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado3 May 2021, EF0, 1.4 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Walton County

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

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