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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Tyrone, GA

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

18 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Tyrone, Georgia since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Zeta in 2020. Since 1950, 120 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
18

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
120

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
11

11 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Tyrone

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Tyrone, Georgia, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020ZetaOct 2965 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1975EloiseSep 2344 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
1915Unnamed 1915 stormSep 524 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1912Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14overheadTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1907Unnamed 1907 stormSep 2222 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1906Unnamed 1906 stormJun 1372 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1522 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormOct 1119 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 2857 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 323 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
1898Unnamed 1898 stormSep 151 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 1
1896Unnamed 1896 stormJul 858 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 323 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 2361 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1887Unnamed 1887 stormJul 2853 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1043 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1859Unnamed 1859 stormSep 1616 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1852Unnamed 1852 stormAug 2743 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Tyrone: 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 Tyrone

By decade

  • 2020s22(2 EF3+)
  • 2010s23(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s20(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s17(4 EF3+)
  • 1960s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Tyrone, Georgia
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 25, 2021EF43 mi38.56 mi0 / 0
Mar 24, 1975F320 mi14.8 mi3 / 152
Apr 27, 2011EF318 mi21.68 mi2 / 0
Jan 10, 1972F317 mi6.3 mi1 / 9
Jan 12, 2023EF322 mi31.16 mi0 / 18
Jan 2, 2006F324 mi3 mi0 / 3
Mar 29, 1991F324 mi5 mi0 / 25
Mar 5, 1989F37 mi14 mi0 / 23
May 27, 1973F317 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 2, 1970F316 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Dec 24, 1964F31 mi75.4 mi0 / 1
Mar 31, 1973F215 mi72.4 mi2 / 100

The strongest 12 of 120, 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 Tyrone 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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