Tornado History Map

Lowndes County, Georgia tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Lowndes County from 1956 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 Lowndes County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Lowndes County, Georgia between 1956 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is December, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 3 March 2012. The most recent was on 4 February 2024.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 14injuries
  • 503per 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 Lowndes County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0728%
F1 / EF11040%
F2 / EF2728%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lowndes County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s21960s61970s41980s31990s12000s22010s42020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s4
1980s3
1990s1
2000s2
2010s4
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Dec.Jan2Feb3Mar2Apr3May2Jun3Jul2Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov1Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb3
Mar2
Apr3
May2
Jun3
Jul2
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec4

Records for Lowndes County

  • Strongest: Georgia tornado3 March 2012, EF3, 10.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Georgia tornado25 April 1988, F1, 16 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado4 February 2024, EF2, 2 injuries, 7.3 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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