Stewart County, Georgia tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Stewart County from 1954 to 2022, 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 Stewart County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Stewart County, Georgia between 1954 and 2022. They killed 1 person and injured 39. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 5 December 1954. The most recent was on 9 March 2022.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 39injuries
  • 349per 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 Stewart County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0531%
F1 / EF1638%
F2 / EF2531%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Stewart County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s11960s11980s21990s12000s22010s82020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1980s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s8
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan1Feb1Mar4Apr6May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov2Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb1
Mar4
Apr6
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Stewart County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: Alabama tornado5 December 1954, F2, 1 death, 35 injuries, 71.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado9 March 2022, EF0, 1.1 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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