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Tallahassee, Florida

Thomas County, GA

Date Time (LST) F/EF-Scale Length (Miles) Maximum Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Source*
5/1/1909 400 am F2 5 150 1 5 $40,000 G

Moved ENE along the edge of Meigs. Small homes were destroyed. A fertilizer plant was torn apart and accounted for most of the damage.
4/22/1921 150 pm F2 4 20 0 0 n/a G

Resembling "black swirling smoke," this tornado moved NE through the business district of Thomasville.
1/25/1933 800 am F2 2 50 2 10 $77,000 G

Moved NE, destroying five small homes in and near Barwick. A person was killed in two of them. Many other homes were unroofed and torn apart.
4/2/1936 530 am F2 5 300 1 15 $75,000 G

Moved NE, passing through Sasser. Tenant homes were leveled SW and NE of town. The death was in a tenant home NE of town. Larger homes were unroofed in Sasser, and debris was scattered all over town.
5/8/1955 500 pm F0 0.2 17 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
3/11/1968 615 am F1 2 30 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
11/11/1979 815 am F2 0.1 50 0 0 $2,500,000 SD, SPC
4/27/1980 430 am F1 3.6 73 0 0 $2,500 SD, SPC
4/3/1982 1215 pm F1 6 70 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
4/5/1982 450 pm F1 0.5 40 0 0 $25,000 SD, SPC
11/11/1995 1210 pm F1 0.1 50 0 1 $50,000 SD, SPC

A brief tornado blew numerous trees down across GA 202 just south of U.S. 84 in Thomasville. One mobile home was totalled and one car was struck by a tree causing injury to the passenger.
9/29/1998 240 pm F1 1.2 65 0 0 $450,000 SD, SPC

An F1 tornado touched down off Bayline Rd near Coolidge which uprooted trees and utility poles, damaged a camper and brick house, and destroyed the Patch Poultry Farm and its 45,000 chickens.
2/14/2000 1255 am F3 2 300 0 0 $500,000 SD, SPC

A strong tornado moved from the northeast corner of Grady County into extreme northwest Thomas County near Meigs. A few homes were damaged with numerous downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Thomas County EMA.
3/15/2001 805 am F0 6 50 0 0 $10,000 SD, SPC

An F0 tornado touched down along Highway 122 and raced northeast toward Pavo in extreme northwest Brooks County. The tornado uprooted trees and downed power lines along its intermittent damage path. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
*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, 1950-2007: Storm Data. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.
SPC - Storm Prediction Center Database
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