Georgia

Storm History: Berrien County, Georgia

209 episodes, 299 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Berrien 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
299
Deaths
2
Injuries
14
Damage
$219 million
Episodes
209

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
Hail6900$134,000
Thunderstorm Wind6500$652,000
Tornado45214$3.9 million
Flash Flood4500$352,000
Drought3800
Tropical Storm900$1.2 million
Flood900$10,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$205 million
Excessive Heat400
Lightning300$135,000
Winter Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million

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 Berrien County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Berrien CountyEvery warning in Berrien 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.