Georgia

Storm History: Baker County, Georgia

150 episodes, 185 events since 1973

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Baker 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
185
Deaths
7
Injuries
3
Damage
$223 million
Episodes
150

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
Drought4800$47 million
Hail3700$44,000
Tornado3463$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind2200$17,000
Flood1210$5.6 million
Tropical Storm800$261,000
Flash Flood700$155,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$161 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Storm200
Ice Storm100$1,000
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million
Winter Weather100
Heavy Snow100

The deadliest

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 Baker County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Baker CountyEvery warning in Baker 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.