Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Polk County, Georgia, February 21, 1993
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries35
Length9 mi
Width880 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.95, -85.38) to the end point (34.02, -85.25), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 21, 1993, 6:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Georgia
- Counties
- Polk County
- Path
- 9 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 35 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 21, 1993
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Tennessee | 10 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 6 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Tennessee | 16 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Tennessee | 30 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 55 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Tennessee | 19 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 17 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Alabama | 19 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F3 | Georgia | 8 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F2 | Georgia | 8 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 2 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Mississippi | 4 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Ohio | 5 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Ohio | 8 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Tennessee | 3 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Georgia | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Georgia | 7 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Georgia | 4 mi | 330 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | South Carolina | 1.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | Georgia | 12 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F1 | South Carolina | 0.4 mi | 450 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F0 | Tennessee | 5 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F0 | Kentucky | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F0 | Kentucky | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 21, 1993 | F0 | Georgia | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.