Screven County, Georgia tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Screven County from 1967 to 2020, 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 Screven County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Screven County, Georgia between 1967 and 2020. They killed 2 people and injured 113. The busiest month is July, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 31 March 1973. The most recent was on 30 May 2020.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 113injuries
  • 387per 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 Screven County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0520%
F1 / EF11352%
F2 / EF2624%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating14%

Screven County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1960s21970s51980s31990s32000s82010s22020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s5
1980s3
1990s3
2000s8
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jul.Jan3Feb2Mar1Apr2May2Jun2Jul6Aug1Sep4Oct0Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb2
Mar1
Apr2
May2
Jun2
Jul6
Aug1
Sep4
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Screven County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: Georgia tornado31 March 1973, F2, 2 deaths, 100 injuries, 72.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado30 May 2020, Unknown rating, 0.1 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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