Storm History: Bibb County, Georgia

404 episodes, 505 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bibb 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: 505
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 65
Damage: $31 million
Episodes: 404

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	135	0	0	$2.8 million
Tornado	123	5	59	$25 million
Thunderstorm Wind	82	0	4	$285,000
Flash Flood	33	0	0	$670,000
Drought	31	0	0	$1.5 million
Flood	24	0	1	$160,000
Tropical Storm	13	0	0	$300,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	10	0	0
Heat	7	0	0
High Wind	6	0	0	$632,000
Strong Wind	5	0	0	$48,000
Heavy Snow	5	0	0	$10,000
Winter Storm	5	2	0	$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	5	0	0	$1,000
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
Excessive Heat	4	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Lightning	3	0	1	$200,000
Dense Fog	2	0	0
Freezing Fog	2	0	0
Ice Storm	2	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0

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 Bibb County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

Tornadoes in Bibb County Every warning in Bibb County since 1986 Every 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.