List of United States tornadoes from January 2021

This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service in the United States during January 2021. Tornado counts are considered preliminary until final publication in the database of the National Centers for Environmental Information. January has an average of 35 tornadoes.

January

The year has started well below average with the lowest amount of tornado reports through two months in the past 16 years with January only having 14 tornadoes.

January 1 event

List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, January 1, 2021

EF#	Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary
EF0	N of Butler	Taylor	GA	32.632 -84.256	20:01–20:05	2.9 mi	150 yd	One home had minor roof damage. Trees were snapped or uprooted.
EF0	WSW of Musella	Crawford	GA	32.774 -84.093	20:18–20:20	0.9 mi	100 yd	Part of a roof was taken off a home. Multiple trees were snapped or uprooted.
EF0	ENE of Culloden	Monroe	GA	32.897 -83.959	20:35–20:37	1.2 mi	150 yd	A garage was destroyed, and up to 10 other structures sustained minor damage. Multiple trees were snapped or uprooted.
EF1	ESE of Forsyth to NW of Dames Ferry	Monroe	GA	33.0057 -83.7998	20:51–20:55	3.5 mi	200 yd	One person was injured when a mobile home was flipped onto its side near the intersection of Georgia State Route 18 and Georgia State Route 87. Trees were snapped or uprooted. A tornado debris signature was present with this tornado.