Ware County, Georgia tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Ware County from 1957 to 2025, 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 Ware County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Ware County, Georgia between 1957 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 25. The busiest month is February, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 18 November 1968. The most recent was on 7 April 2025.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 25injuries
  • 245per 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 Ware County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0941%
F1 / EF11045%
F2 / EF215%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating15%

Ware County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2020s.1950s11960s31970s31980s31990s12000s32010s32020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s3
1990s1
2000s3
2010s3
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Feb.Jan1Feb6Mar2Apr5May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct0Nov2Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb6
Mar2
Apr5
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct0
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Ware County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Georgia tornado8 April 1974, F1, 1 death, 7 injuries, 92.6 miles long
  • Strongest: Georgia tornado18 November 1968, F3, 0.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado7 April 2025, EF0, 1.7 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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