Georgia

Storm History: Irwin County, Georgia

174 episodes, 252 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Irwin 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
252
Deaths
2
Injuries
1
Damage
$122 million
Episodes
174

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
Tornado6200$1.7 million
Hail5711$422,000
Thunderstorm Wind3700$72,000
Drought3700
Flash Flood2100$510,000
Flood1600
Tropical Storm600$1.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$110 million
Excessive Heat300
Ice Storm200$6,000
Winter Storm200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning110
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 Irwin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Irwin CountyEvery warning in Irwin 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.