Tift County, Georgia tornado history

28 tornadoes recorded in or across Tift County from 1952 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 Tift County

The Storm Prediction Center records 28 tornadoes whose paths touched Tift County, Georgia between 1952 and 2022. They killed 3 people and injured 48. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 January 1975. The most recent was on 6 April 2022.

  • 28tornadoes
  • 3deaths
  • 48injuries
  • 1,073per 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 Tift County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0414%
F1 / EF11657%
F2 / EF2725%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating14%

Tift County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s41960s61970s41980s31990s12000s32010s52020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s6
1970s4
1980s3
1990s1
2000s3
2010s5
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan6Feb2Mar3Apr7May5Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov2Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan6
Feb2
Mar3
Apr7
May5
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec3

Records for Tift County

  • Deadliest: Georgia tornado14 February 2000, F2, 1 death, 6 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Florida tornado12 January 1975, F2, 1 death, 33 injuries, 168.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado6 April 2022, Unknown rating, 10.6 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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