Georgia

Storm History: Atkinson County, Georgia

164 episodes, 197 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Atkinson County, Georgia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
197
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$661,000
Episodes
164

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind9202$168,000
Hail4500$45,000
Tornado2800$316,000
Drought800
Flood500$100,000
Flash Flood400$30,000
Tropical Storm400
Winter Storm300
Funnel Cloud200
Wildfire200
Lightning101
Strong Wind100$2,000
Heavy Rain100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Atkinson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Atkinson CountyEvery warning in Atkinson County since 1986Every county in Georgia

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.