Tornado History Map

Laurens County, Georgia tornado history

35 tornadoes recorded in or across Laurens County from 1955 to 2024, 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 Laurens County

The Storm Prediction Center records 35 tornadoes whose paths touched Laurens County, Georgia between 1955 and 2024. They killed 3 people and injured 16. The busiest month is April, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 11 May 2008. The most recent was on 9 May 2024.

  • 35tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 434per 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 Laurens County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01337%
F1 / EF11646%
F2 / EF2617%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Laurens County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2010s.1950s31960s21970s21990s42000s82010s102020s6

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s2
1990s4
2000s8
2010s10
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Apr.Jan2Feb1Mar4Apr13May6Jun1Jul1Aug2Sep1Oct0Nov2Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb1
Mar4
Apr13
May6
Jun1
Jul1
Aug2
Sep1
Oct0
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Laurens County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Georgia tornado11 May 2008, EF2, 2 deaths, 2 injuries, 13.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado5 April 2017, EF2, 20.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado9 May 2024, EF0, 8.6 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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