Tornado History Map

Burke County, Georgia tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Burke County from 1963 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 Burke County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Burke County, Georgia between 1963 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 January 1972. The most recent was on 16 March 2025.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 30injuries
  • 278per 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 Burke County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01148%
F1 / EF1626%
F2 / EF2417%
F3 / EF329%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Burke County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2000s.1960s11970s11980s22000s92010s62020s4

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

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s1
1980s2
2000s9
2010s6
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan4Feb0Mar5Apr6May2Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct0Nov1Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb0
Mar5
Apr6
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct0
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Burke County

  • Strongest: Georgia tornado13 January 1972, F3, 21 injuries, 33.6 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado28 September 1963, F2, 5 injuries, 52.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado16 March 2025, EF0, 3.1 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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