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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Allenhurst, GA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

101 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Allenhurst, Georgia since 1851, 21 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Debby in 2024. Since 1950, 43 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
21

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
80

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
43

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

7 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Allenhurst

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Allenhurst, Georgia, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024DebbyAug 69 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
2023IdaliaAug 3021 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 846 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 1
2021DannyJun 2875 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2020EtaNov 1257 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2019NestorOct 2072 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
2016MatthewOct 860 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 5
2016JuliaSep 1430 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2016HermineSep 221 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2016ColinJun 739 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 716 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2007BarryJun 322 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
2005TammyOct 668 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
2002KyleOct 1153 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1998EarlSep 360 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1996JosephineOct 810 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1995AllisonJun 665 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1994JohnSep 828 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 5
1988ChrisAug 2843 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1985KateNov 2241 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1985BobJul 2565 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1984IsidoreSep 2965 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1981DennisAug 1968 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1979DavidSep 426 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 5
1976Unnamed 1976 stormSep 1438 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976Unnamed 1976 stormMay 2438 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1970AlmaMay 25overheadTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1968AbbyJun 718 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 1
1966AlmaJun 107 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1964HildaOct 553 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1964DoraSep 1340 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1964CleoAug 2915 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 298 miTropical storm (64 mph)Tropical storm
1957Unnamed 1957 stormJun 9overheadTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1956FlossySep 2555 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 1
1954Unnamed 1954 stormJul 1036 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1953FlorenceSep 2716 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1952AbleAug 3167 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 2
1947Unnamed 1947 stormOct 151 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 2
1947Unnamed 1947 stormOct 764 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1947Unnamed 1947 stormSep 244 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1946Unnamed 1946 stormOct 815 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 2
1945Unnamed 1945 stormSep 1735 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2023 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1941Unnamed 1941 stormOct 855 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 3
1940Unnamed 1940 stormAug 1233 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 2
1935Unnamed 1935 stormSep 552 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 5
1933Unnamed 1933 stormSep 652 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1545 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 158 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 1845 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 5
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3021 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 165 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1919Unnamed 1919 stormOct 134 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormOct 419 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1637 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 239 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1914Unnamed 1914 stormSep 1769 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1912Unnamed 1912 stormJul 1532 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1911Unnamed 1911 stormAug 2837 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 2
1910Unnamed 1910 stormOct 1935 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1907Unnamed 1907 stormSep 298 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 2917 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1906Unnamed 1906 stormOct 2161 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1552 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1266 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 244 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1898Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3144 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 1
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 296 miCategory 2 (101 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 936 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormSep 2749 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1373 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2828 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormJun 168 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1888Unnamed 1888 stormOct 1170 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 918 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJul 147 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 2
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1231 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1885Unnamed 1885 stormSep 2151 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1885Unnamed 1885 stormAug 3132 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1885Unnamed 1885 stormAug 2559 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1884Unnamed 1884 stormSep 1111 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1882Unnamed 1882 stormOct 1134 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 4
1881Unnamed 1881 stormAug 284 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 2
1880Unnamed 1880 stormSep 844 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 1133 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1878Unnamed 1878 stormSep 1264 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 370 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormSep 2042 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2844 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1873Unnamed 1873 stormSep 195 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1873Unnamed 1873 stormJun 253 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1871Unnamed 1871 stormOct 612 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1871Unnamed 1871 stormSep 775 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1871Unnamed 1871 stormAug 1932 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1868Unnamed 1868 stormOct 528 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1860Unnamed 1860 stormAug 139 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 3174 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
1854Unnamed 1854 stormSep 824 miCategory 2 (97 mph)Category 3
1853Unnamed 1853 stormOct 2167 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 2
1852Unnamed 1852 stormOct 1047 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 2

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Allenhurst: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Allenhurst

By decade

  • 2020s6(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s13
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Allenhurst, Georgia
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 5, 2022EF425 mi14.39 mi1 / 12
Apr 9, 1998F27 mi24.5 mi4 / 31
May 12, 1974F218 mi9.4 mi2 / 7
Oct 27, 2009EF217 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1974F27 mi0.6 mi0 / 2
Apr 23, 1971F224 mi5.6 mi0 / 3
Jan 15, 1971F222 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jan 15, 1971F23 mi0.5 mi0 / 4
Apr 18, 1969F23 mi217.8 mi0 / 30
Mar 31, 1961F224 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Apr 13, 2020EF121 mi4.75 mi0 / 8
Apr 13, 2020EF114 mi8.89 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 43, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Allenhurst while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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