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Cuthbert, GA tornado history

16 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of Cuthbert, GA from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 108th of 221 Georgia cities with a tornado on record. 1 was rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on June 14, 2023 (EF1, 3.3-mile path); the strongest, on April 23, 1971, was rated F3. The deadliest, on January 20, 1963, killed 1 along its path.

16tornadoes since 1950
82016–2025
F3/EF3strongest rating
1deaths
15injuries
Jun 14, 2023most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 21960s: 11970s: 11980s: 11990s: 12000s: 12010s: 42020s: 51950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 5
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of Cuthbert, GA, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of Cuthbert, GA

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Jun 14, 2023EF13.3 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA5.1 mi
Jun 14, 2023EF11.4 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA5.4 mi
Jun 14, 2023EF13.6 mi0 / 0Quitman County, GA9.9 mi
Jun 19, 2021EF129.0 mi0 / 0Early County, GA2.8 mi
Mar 31, 2020EF230.0 mi0 / 1Barbour County, AL → GA6.2 mi
May 23, 2017EF010.2 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA6.4 mi
Apr 5, 2017EF216.9 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA9.9 mi
Jan 22, 2017EF212.0 mi0 / 1Clay County, GA8.0 mi
Mar 26, 2011EF10.4 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA8.2 mi
May 2, 2004F18.0 mi0 / 6Clay County, GA5.1 mi
Sep 29, 1998F10.5 mi0 / 1Randolph County, GA1.4 mi
Mar 17, 1980F10.2 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA0.4 mi
Apr 23, 1971F313.9 mi0 / 1Randolph County, GA9.6 mi
Jan 20, 1963F170.2 mi1 / 4Clay County, GA7.4 mi
Apr 8, 1957F25.2 mi0 / 1Randolph County, GA8.8 mi
Feb 3, 1956F00.3 mi0 / 0Randolph County, GA6.8 mi

More: Randolph County tornadoes · Georgia tornado history · Cuthbert hail history · Georgia damaging wind

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near Cuthbert

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 8 tornadoes within 10 miles of Cuthbert in damage surveys (2 EF2, 5 EF1, 1 EF0). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Jun 14, 2023EF195 mph3.7 mi–0 / 015:37–15:44 UTCNWS Tallahassee
Jun 14, 2023EF1110 mph3.3 mi425 yd0 / 021:40–21:46 UTCNWS Tallahassee
Jun 14, 2023EF1110 mph1.4 mi300 yd0 / 021:40–21:43 UTCNWS Tallahassee
Jun 19, 2021EF1100 mph30.3 mi400 yd0 / 017:31–18:44 UTCNWS Tallahassee
Mar 31, 2020EF1100 mph22.3 mi200 yd0 / 116:48–17:18 UTCNWS Tallahassee
May 23, 2017EF080 mph10.2 mi50 yd0 / 015:46–16:00 UTCNWS Tallahassee
Apr 5, 2017EF2115 mph15.1 mi1,359 yd0 / 016:35–16:55 UTCNWS FFC,
Jan 22, 2017EF2125 mph12.1 mi400 yd0 / 119:38–19:52 UTCNWS Tallahassee

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.