Georgia

Storm History: Jeff Davis County, Georgia

157 episodes, 209 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jeff Davis 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
209
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$1.1 million
Episodes
157

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
Thunderstorm Wind7000$117,000
Hail6200$19,000
Tornado2800$335,000
Flash Flood1200$38,000
Flood800$25,000
Drought600
Lightning500$28,000
Winter Weather500
Tropical Storm400
Winter Storm300
Heavy Rain200
Funnel Cloud100
Ice Storm100
Strong Wind100$500,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)120

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 Jeff Davis County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Jeff Davis CountyEvery warning in Jeff Davis 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.