Early County tornado history

38 tornadoes touched Early County, Georgia between 1950 and 2025 — about 0.5 a year. The strongest was rated EF2 (Jan 9, 2024). Tornadoes here killed 2 and injured 23 people.

38tornadoes since 1950

EF2strongest rating

2killed · 23 injured

38.7 milongest path · 2015

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F013

(E)F115

(E)F210

(E)F30

(E)F40

(E)F50

By month

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Peak month: January.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Jan 9, 2024	EF2	21.7 mi	800 yd	0	0
Jun 14, 2023	EF2	18.9 mi	700 yd	0	0
Jan 2, 2017	EF2	10.9 mi	1,000 yd	0	0
Apr 5, 1982	F2	8 mi	100 yd	1	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	6.4 mi	250 yd	2	0
Jan 2, 2017	EF2	4.4 mi	500 yd	0	0
Jan 2, 2017	EF2	4.3 mi	400 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	2.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Feb 15, 2021	EF2	1.8 mi	600 yd	5	0
Nov 23, 1961	F2	0.9 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jan 13, 2005	F1	3 mi	100 yd	5	2
Apr 19, 2015	EF1	38.7 mi	500 yd	0	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured
Apr 7, 2025	EF0	7.4 mi	50 yd	0
Jan 9, 2024	EF2	21.7 mi	800 yd	0
Jun 14, 2023	EF2	18.9 mi	700 yd	0
Apr 5, 2022	EF1	4.9 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 5, 2022	EF1	7.1 mi	50 yd	0
Jun 19, 2021	EF1	29 mi	400 yd	0
Apr 24, 2021	EF1	7 mi	150 yd	0
Apr 24, 2021	EF0	4.4 mi	75 yd	0
Mar 18, 2021	EF0	3.1 mi	50 yd	0
Feb 15, 2021	EF2	1.8 mi	600 yd	5
Dec 17, 2019	EF0	0.4 mi	50 yd	0
Jan 2, 2017	EF2	4.3 mi	400 yd	0

Deadliest: Jan 13, 2005, F1, 2 killed.

Nearby counties

Miller County, GA14 Clay County, GA9 Calhoun County, GA14 Henry County, AL38 Houston County, AL60 Baker County, GA10 Seminole County, GA8 Randolph County, GA16

Questions

How many tornadoes has Early County, Georgia had?

38 tornadoes touched Early County, Georgia between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 0.5 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Early County?

The strongest rating recorded was EF2 on Jan 9, 2024, with a 21.7-mile path.

When is tornado season in Early County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in January (8 of 38). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).