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Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
3/27/1882 1000 pm F3 25 800 8 40 n/a G

Moved ENE, passing south of Cuthbert to 4m N of Dawson. This tornado may have been continunous with the next event, and may have killed as many as 15 people. A 1912 newspaper recollection noted 12 deaths in tenant homes on 15 plantations in Terrell County alone. Three people were killed in homes at a lumber mill community, 2m N of Brown's Station.

6/16/1902 230 pm F2 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a G

A church and small homes were destroyed west of Cuthbert.

3/9/1909 830 pm F3 9 100 5 25 n/a G

Moved NE from SW of Cuthbert to near Nochway. This tornado cut a block-wide track across Cuthbert. Twenty homes were destroyed, and many other homes and businesses were damaged. Fourteen box cars were derailed.

1/17/1943 510 pm F2 10 50 1 50 $75,000 G

Moved NE from 6m S of Shellman, passing directly through Graves. About half of the town was damaged. The upper section of the high school was destroyed and many homes were unroofed and ripped apart. An elderly woman was killed in a small home outside town.

2/3/1956 430 pm F0 0.3 33 0 0 n/a SD, SPC
4/8/1957 630 pm F2 5.2 200 0   $25,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved E in the Friendship community. Three homes, two barns and a church were destroyed.

1/20/1963 515 pm F1 n/a n/a 0 0 $2,500,000 G, SD

Skipped ENE from Fort Gaines, passing south of Dawson, north of Leesburg, and ending near Warwick. Fifty buildings were damaged and a grain elevator was destroyed. The worst damage was to farms in Clay County, the only area were a clearly defined funnel was seen. About 20 buildings were destroyed by the combined tornado and downburst winds south of Dawson. About 30 farms in that area reported wind damage.

4/23/1971 355 pm F3 13.9 500 0 1 $250,000 G, SD, SPC

Moved NE from near Shellman to 6m E of Parrott. Small homes, barns, sheds, grainaries, and silos were destroyed.

3/17/1980 350 pm F1 0.2 50 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
9/29/1998 100 pm F1 0.5 70 0 1 $500,000 SD, SPC

Tornado touched down two miles east of Cuthbert off U.S. 82 bypass. A manufacturing plant was destroyed where one employee was injured by falling debris. Several large pine trees were uprooted.

5/2/2004 1033 am F1 7 100 0 6 $100,000 SD, SPC

The tornado continued on a northeast track from Clay County, downing trees and power lines along its path through southern Randolph County. Before lifting, it destroyed a mobile home on County Road 6, off Fountain Bridge Road. Its six occupants sustained minor injuries. Reported by the Cuthbert Fire/EMS and Albany Herald.

3/26/2011 622 pm EF1 0.42 20 0 0 $65,000 SD, SPC

The Randolph county sheriff's department and emergency management reported a tornado touchdown in the city of Benevolence. Damage included several trees and power lines down, one mobile home destroyed, one mobile home severely damaged, and several outbuildings destroyed. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.

Two outbreaks of large hail-producing supercell thunderstorms occurred over the weekend of March 26-27, 2011. The number of supercells, structure of the storms, and number of reports of large hail received over this two-day event is unprecedented in this forecast area and reminiscent of events that occur out in the plains.

4/7/2016 140 am EF0 0.90 200 0 0 $0 SD

This tornado initially touched down in extreme southern Randolph county about 3.3 miles south of Coleman before moving into Clay county and eventually Calhoun county. Damage in Randolph county was limited to trees. The Randolph county portion of this track was rated EF0.

1/22/2017 245 pm EF2 6.31 400 0 0 $200,000 SD

The tornado touched down in Clay County and moved northeast through the northwest corner of Calhoun County and into southern Randolph County. It caused extensive tree damage with nearly every tree in its path snapped through the Clay and Calhoun portions of the track. In addition, it flipped a mobile home in Clay County, injuring one person who was inside. The tornado caused major roof damage in Clay and Calhoun counties removing the roofing structure from two homes. It also caused minor roofing damage to several homes in all three counties. Damage cost was estimated.

4/5/2017 1127 am EF1 2.18 1320 0 0 $0 SD

This tornado touched down near the Randolph-Stewart county line. It was produced from the same supercell that spawned the tornado that impacted Henry and Barbour counties in Alabama and Quitman county in Georgia . The Randolph county portion of the tornado track was rated EF1 due to tree damage. This is a rural area, and no structures were damaged in Randolph county. This tornado continued into Stewart and Webster counties with the max intensity rated as EF2 in Stewart county with max winds estimated near 120 mph.

5/23/2017 1046 am EF0 10.18 50 0 0 $2,000 SD

Damage consisted primarily of minor tree damage. A single family home suffered minor roof damage, and a carport collapsed along Fountain Bridge Road. This tornado was rated EF0 with peak winds estimated near 80 mph. Damage cost was estimated.

3/31/2020 1205 pm EF1 8.86 200 0 0 $0 SD

The tornado moved across the Chattahoochee River from Alabama and crossed into Georgia along Deer Point Rd . Trees were snapped and a home suffered roof damage along the river. The tornado continued moving east northeast just to the south of Deer Point Rd snapping and uprooting dozens of trees along its path. A home had an outbuilding completely destroyed and a barn was destroyed as well . The tornado continued further into Quitman County eventually crossing HWY 82 where several trees were downed including one that crushed a mobile home. A man in the mobile home was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Damage, consisting of snapped and uprooted trees continued to the east northeast through eastern Quitman County into Randolph County. The last accessible damage was along HWY 27 six miles north of Cuthbert where a few dozen pine trees were snapped and other trees were uprooted. The tornado continued into inaccessible areas further east at this point. The tornado was rated EF1 for Quitman and Randolph counties with max winds estimated at 100 mph.

6/19/2021 106 pm EF1 15.33 400 0 0 $0 SD

A tornado touched down west of Blakely, GA and traversed mainly rural terrain across Early , Clay, and Randolph Counties. The tornado was observed at multiple locations by trained spotters and the public throughout its path. The storm snapped or uprooted numerous pine trees northwest of Blakely. Tree damage continued into Clay County but didn't affect any major roadways. The tornado crossed GA-266 near Coleman in Randolph County. Minor structural damage was noted to a few residences and pump houses near US-82 and Reid Station Road west of Cuthbert. Numerous trees were snapped in this area, some blocking US-82. Some further tree damage was reported north of the highway before the tornado lifted.

6/14/2023 440 pm EF1 3.26 50 0 0 $50,000 SD

A pair of tornadoes touched down east of Cuthbert near Trinity Church Road . This tornado was the southern circulation, which touched along Wilton Rigsby Road south of Trinity Church Road. The tornado continued across several fields, causing tree damage along the way. A substantial steel farm storage building collapsed along Trinity Church Road, just east of Wooten Road. This damage was rated EF-1, with winds estimated to be approximately 110 mph. A grain silo was partially destroyed at this location as well. The tornado continued to move east southeast down Trinity Church Road , causing tree damage and damage to several home and manufactured homes. This damage was mostly rated EF-0 and low-end EF-1. The tornado appears to have weakened as it moved to the southeast and dissipated in a field east of Trinity Church Road .

6/14/2023 440 pm EF1 1.36 50 0 0 $50,000 SD

A pair of tornadoes touched down east of Cuthbert near Trinity Church Road . This tornado was the northern circulation, which touched down near the intersection of Trinity Church Road and Wilton Rigsby Road , causing tree damage and damage to an old out building. Further east, roof damage to a single family home and significant tree damage was noted supportive of an EF-1 rating with winds of approximately 110 mph. The tornado continued east, damaging a church, a mobile home, several stands of trees, and tossing debris into nearby fields. This circulation appears to have dissipated in a field near the intersection of Trinity Church Road and Wooten Road.

*Sources

G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991.  A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT.
SD - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1950-2016: Storm Data. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.
SPC - Storm Prediction Center Database