Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Bacon County, Georgia, January 15, 1971
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.1 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.63, -82.58) to the end point (31.63, -82.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 15, 1971, 1:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Georgia
- Counties
- Bacon County
- Path
- 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 15, 1971
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1971 | F2 | Georgia | 2 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F2 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F2 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F2 | Georgia | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F2 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F1 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F1 | Georgia | 0.8 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F1 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 15, 1971 | F0 | Florida | 0.3 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.