Georgia

Storm History: Jones County, Georgia

256 episodes, 289 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jones 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
289
Deaths
2
Injuries
17
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
256

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
Hail6900$619,000
Tornado60217$9.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind3700$136,000
Drought2900$2.2 million
Flash Flood1800$72,000
Tropical Storm1300$75,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood900$16,000
Heat700
Heavy Snow600$5,000
Winter Storm500$75,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300$33,000
Lightning200$350,000
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200$105,000
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind100$7,000
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Wildfire100$150

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 Jones County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jones CountyEvery warning in Jones 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.