Tornado History Map

Elbert County, Georgia tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Elbert County from 1954 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 Elbert County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Elbert County, Georgia between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 31 March 1954. The most recent was on 9 June 2025.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 39injuries
  • 456per 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 Elbert County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0425%
F1 / EF1956%
F2 / EF2319%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Elbert County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s11970s21980s21990s12000s72020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s1
2000s7
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Mar.Jan0Feb1Mar4Apr1May4Jun1Jul2Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr1
May4
Jun1
Jul2
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Elbert County

  • Strongest: Georgia tornado31 March 1954, F2, 25 injuries, 17.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado13 April 1980, F1, 1 injury, 26.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado9 June 2025, EF1, 1.5 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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