Storm History: Brooks County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Brooks 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
- 277
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $127 million
- Episodes
- 201
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 77 | 0 | 4 | $245,000 |
| Tornado | 48 | 2 | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Hail | 41 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Drought | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $626,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $232,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $116 million |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7.8 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Tornado, April 13, 1979
- Tornado, July 4, 1985
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2001
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1995
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Flood, April 24, 2000
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, January 28, 1995
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Hail, April 20, 1991
- Hail, November 9, 2025
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Flood, February 23, 2013
- Hail, May 31, 2012
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, February 28, 1998
- Hail, March 18, 1995
- Hail, March 25, 1982
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2024
- Hail, March 26, 2019
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Hail, November 9, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 6, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 12, 2023
- Flood, May 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Tornado, April 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, February 10, 2023
- Tornado, January 22, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Flood, September 1, 2022
- Flood, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 7, 2021
- Tornado, April 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2020
- Tornado, September 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Hail, June 20, 2019
- Hail, March 26, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Drought, January 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 22, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Tornado, June 25, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Flood, April 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2015
- Tornado, December 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 26, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2014
- Tornado, February 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2013
- Flood, February 23, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 31, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Hail, July 14, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Hail, May 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2008
- Hail, February 26, 2008
- Flood, February 24, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, January 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2003
- Tornado, December 24, 2002
- Hail, October 21, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2001
- Tornado, March 15, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2000
- Flood, April 24, 2000
- Lightning, March 26, 2000
- Funnel Cloud, March 16, 2000
- Hail, March 11, 2000
- Hail, August 13, 1999
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 1998
- Hail, May 7, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Hail, February 28, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Hail, June 2, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1997
- Hail, March 30, 1997
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, October 28, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1995
- Hail, March 18, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1995
- Hail, January 28, 1995
- Tornado, June 25, 1994
- Hail, April 20, 1991
- Tornado, July 4, 1985
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Hail, March 25, 1982
- Tornado, May 25, 1980
- Tornado, April 13, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1971
- Tornado, April 29, 1971
- Tornado, February 8, 1971
- Tornado, April 6, 1963
- Tornado, March 26, 1963
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 1959
- Hail, June 6, 1957
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 1956
More
Tornadoes in Brooks CountyEvery warning in Brooks 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.