Georgia

Storm History: Clarke County, Georgia

292 episodes, 362 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clarke 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
362
Deaths
2
Injuries
121
Damage
$282 million
Episodes
292

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
Hail8401$2.9 million
Tornado672115$275 million
Thunderstorm Wind5103$339,000
Drought3900$860,000
Flash Flood2400$331,000
Winter Storm1700$150,000
Tropical Storm1300$150,000
Ice Storm1000$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Strong Wind702$133,000
Heat700
Heavy Snow600$50,000
High Wind600$811,000
Flood500$12,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Excessive Heat400
Heavy Rain200
Hurricane (Typhoon)200
Winter Weather100
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 Clarke County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clarke CountyEvery warning in Clarke 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.