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Colquitt County, GA
| Date | Time (LST) | F/EF-Scale | Length (Miles) | Maximum Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Source* |
| 9/7/1900 | n/a | F2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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A furniture store was destroyed and a home was unroofed during this brief touchdown at Doe Run. A hurricane was off the Gulf coast of Florida at the time. |
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| 3/5/1919 | 500 pm | F2 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 2 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE, destroying tenant homes near "Princeville," north of Moultrie. |
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| 4/30/1924 | n/a | F3 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | G |
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Moved NE near Ellenton, destroying several homes. All that remained of one 11-room home was the central hallway, where the family had taken shelter. |
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| 4/1/1948 | 1100 am | F2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | G |
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Moved NE, 3m S of Moultrie, unroofing two homes and destroying a barn. |
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| 5/23/1951 | 430 pm | F2 | 9.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 1/22/1952 | 805 am | F2 | 7 | 350 | 0 | 8 | $250,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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Moved NE, striking Sale City and passing through Poplar Arbor. Six homes, a church, and 12 barns were destroyed. Many farm animals were killed in the barns. |
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| 4/5/1957 | 830 am | F0 | 13.7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 6/5/1957 | 300 pm | F0 | 2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 4/6/1958 | 700 am | F1 | 4.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 4/27/1964 | 900 am | F1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 2/28/1966 | 945 am | F1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 5/7/1967 | 1030 am | F1 | 0.2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $2,500 | SD, SPC |
| 2/7/1971 | 900 am | F1 | 13.8 | 200 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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Moved NE at Autreyville. Several homes were damaged and shifted. Many barns were swept away, and several trailers were overturned. |
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| 3/3/1971 | 1030 am | F1 | 4.1 | 400 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 8/13/1976 | 434 pm | F1 | 0.8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 4/18/1978 | 1230 pm | F1 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 | SD, SPC |
| 12/5/1983 | 815 pm | F1 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 3 | n/a | SD, SPC |
| 4/22/1984 | 710 pm | F1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2 | $250,000 | SD, SPC |
| 5/10/1988 | 525 pm | F0 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | n/a | SD, SPC |
| 10/1/1989 | 1130 am | F2 | 10 | 100 | 2 | 12 | $2,500,000 | G, SD, SPC |
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A tornado moved SW of Moultrie, passed through the Funston community, hitting a trailer park. Nine trailers were destroyed. Both deaths and all injuries were in the park. Further along the track a church was "totally demolished" and eight frame homes were destroyed. Several cars were crushed by falling trees. |
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| 5/13/1993 | 100 pm | F0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | SD, SPC |
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A weak tornado observed by several farmers, briefly touched down near Bay and skipped northeast over Funston before receding. Damage was minimal with a couple of tin roofs removed off sheds and several pine trees toppled. |
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| 3/6/1996 | 549 pm | F0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado apparently touched down causing damage to some buildings in the Indian Lakes and Bear Lakes subdivisions. |
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| 9/29/1998 | 315 pm | F1 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 1 | $550,000 | SD, SPC |
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An F1 tornado touched down at the intersection of GA 133 and South Morris Rd near Autreyville. One man was injured when his mobile home was blown into a ditch. Another mobile was destroyed. Several trees and power lines were toppled. The tornado destroyed one chicken farm and damaged another, and caused minor roof damage to a few houses. |
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| 2/14/2000 | 121 am | F1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado touched down just west of Moultrie and tracked northeast. One home was damaged on Hartsfield Road just north of Moultrie. Numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
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| 2/14/2000 | 139 am | F1 | 1 | 200 | 1 | 0 | $500,000 | SD, SPC |
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A strong tornado tore through extreme northeast Colquitt County near Crosland toppling trees and power lines before it moved into extreme southwest Tift County. Several mobile homes were damaged. One woman was killed in a mobile home just northeast of Crosland when a large tree and another mobile home were blown against her home. Colquitt County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by a amateur radio operator and the Colquitt County EMA. F43MH |
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| 7/1/2003 | 500 pm | F0 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 | SD, SPC |
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A weak tornado touched down just southwest of Hartsfield. It downed several trees and power lines, and destroyed a few mobile homes. Three barns were damaged. A truck was totaled by a fallen tree. A trampoline was wrapped around a pine tree. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA. |
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| 3/22/2005 | 310 pm | F1 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 | SD, SPC |
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The tornado, which crossed into Colquitt County from Mitchell County, caused minor damage to some homes along Highway 37. Several downed trees blocked the highway just east of the county line. Two chicken houses on Bryant Road sustained minor roof damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed County Road 202, toppling trees and utility poles, and dissipated near Moss Lake. The storm survey was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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| 1/13/2006 | 415 pm | F1 | 9.6 | 100 | 0 | 1 | $2,000,000 | SD, SPC |
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A tornado touched down along Perry Batts Road near Norman Park and traveled northeast. It destroyed two chicken houses at the International Poultry Breeders, killing 5,000 chickens and condemning another 15,000. The tornado sideswiped a restaurant, but snapped off several large pines around the building. One tree fell through the roof. A small shelter on the property was destroyed. Over open fields, several metal sheds were damaged or destroyed, and irrigation pivots were overturned. Five homes were destroyed, eight received heavy damage, and seven sustained moderate damage. Many power poles were toppled. A man suffered scratches to his left arm after part of the ceiling of his mobile home collapsed on him. The tornado lifted over Lanyer Sumner Road near the Colquitt-Cook county line. Damage survey provided by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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| *Sources |
G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes
1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental
Films, Tornado Project, St. Johsnbury, VT. |
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