Tornado History Map

Colquitt County, Georgia tornado history

45 tornadoes recorded in or across Colquitt County from 1951 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 Colquitt County

The Storm Prediction Center records 45 tornadoes whose paths touched Colquitt County, Georgia between 1951 and 2025. They killed 3 people and injured 57. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 1 October 1989. The most recent was on 7 April 2025.

  • 45tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 57injuries
  • 823per 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 Colquitt County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01227%
F1 / EF12453%
F2 / EF2613%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating37%

Colquitt County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2020s.1950s51960s61970s51980s41990s42000s82010s42020s9

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

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s6
1970s5
1980s4
1990s4
2000s8
2010s4
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan2Feb5Mar8Apr11May4Jun2Jul1Aug1Sep2Oct1Nov4Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb5
Mar8
Apr11
May4
Jun2
Jul1
Aug1
Sep2
Oct1
Nov4
Dec4

Records for Colquitt County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Georgia tornado1 October 1989, F2, 2 deaths, 12 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado18 April 1969, F2, 30 injuries, 217.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado7 April 2025, EF1, 0.9 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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