Georgia

Storm History: Barrow County, Georgia

296 episodes, 338 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Barrow 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
338
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
296

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
Hail8800$4.7 million
Tornado5711$2.1 million
Drought3900$2.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3100$496,000
Flash Flood1601$547,000
Flood1400$2.0 million
Winter Storm1400$150,000
Tropical Storm1300$75,000
Ice Storm1000$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heavy Snow800$50,000
Heat700
Strong Wind603$178,000
Winter Weather500$2,000
High Wind501$465,000
Excessive Heat500
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Hurricane (Typhoon)200
Dense Fog100
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Barrow County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Barrow CountyEvery warning in Barrow 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.