Tornado History Map

Wayne County, Georgia tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Wayne County from 1955 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 Wayne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Wayne County, Georgia between 1955 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 April 1969. The most recent was on 13 April 2020.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 40injuries
  • 265per 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 Wayne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01165%
F1 / EF1424%
F2 / EF2212%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Wayne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s11960s21980s11990s32000s72010s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1980s1
1990s3
2000s7
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Mar.Jan0Feb1Mar5Apr4May2Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov2Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar5
Apr4
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Wayne County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Georgia tornado18 April 1969, F2, 30 injuries, 217.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Georgia tornado13 April 2020, EF1, 8 injuries, 4.8 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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