Georgia

Storm History: Colquitt County, Georgia

304 episodes, 420 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Colquitt 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
420
Deaths
8
Injuries
36
Damage
$130 million
Episodes
304

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
Tornado106332$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind9410$1.1 million
Hail8813$207,000
Drought4200
Flash Flood3811$1.4 million
Flood1600$1.1 million
Tropical Storm1010$2.9 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)810$107 million
Excessive Heat400
Lightning300$275,000
Winter Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind100$5,000
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million
Winter Weather100

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 Colquitt County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Colquitt CountyEvery warning in Colquitt 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.