Georgia

Storm History: Douglas County, Georgia

383 episodes, 581 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
581
Deaths
8
Injuries
33
Damage
$82 million
Episodes
383

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
Tornado176023$48 million
Hail15404$7.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind5901$171,000
Drought3900$466,000
Flash Flood3884$21 million
Flood1700$2.3 million
Tropical Storm1300$75,000
Strong Wind1200$85,000
Winter Storm1100$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Weather800
Heat700
Heavy Snow700$5,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)700$13,000
Ice Storm600$1.0 million
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200$160,000
Dense Fog200
Wildfire100$1.0 million
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning101

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 Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.